Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks at Russian-Ukrainian talks at Dolmabahce Palace in Istanbul. File photoMOSCOW, March 29Negotiations between Russia and Ukraine in Turkey should be conducted in silence, the Kremlin will not «meddle» in their content, said presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov. We believe that these negotiations should be conducted in silence, and we will tell you in turn, I think both our participants and (the head of the Russian delegation, assistant to the President of the Russian Federation) Medinsky will tell you there on the spot whether there is hope or not,» he said. Peskov, answering the question, under what outcome of the negotiations between Russia and Ukraine, which are now taking place in Turkey, will be recognized as successful.The Kremlin commented on Abramovich's participation in the talks between Moscow and KievPress Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov said that the results of today's talks between the Russian Federation and Ukraine in Istanbul will be clear today or tomorrow. Earlier, the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, published an audio message in his Telegram channel, where he expressed his opinion regarding the negotiations between Russia and Ukraine in Turkey. The head of Chechnya said that, in his opinion, these negotiations would not bring tangible results, and the Russian side must first complete the special operation. «You know, I am Putin's press secretary and I comment on Putin. As for the fate of the negotiations, this is really interesting question, and today or tomorrow we will understand whether there is something promising or not,» Peskov told reporters in response to a request to comment on Kadyrov's statement. A new round of negotiations between the Russian and Ukrainian delegations began in Istanbul on Tuesday, the meeting is taking place in the palace Dolmabahce closed to the press. The Russian delegation, as in previous rounds of negotiations, is headed by Vladimir Medinsky, aide to the President of the Russian Federation. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine», to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbass. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops and , on March 25, completed the main tasks of the first stage — significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass.
