US President Joe Biden during a conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin MOSCOW, 3 Jan. The last telephone conversation between the presidents of Russia and the United States once again made Europe «feel excluded» from the discussion of key issues on the international agenda. The German newspaper Der Tagesspiegel writes about this. Despite the United States' assurances of close cooperation with European colleagues, the latter are actually not involved in negotiations on the situation around Ukraine and the security guarantees that Russia demands from the West, the article says. whose backs make decisions, «said the head of EU diplomacy, Josep Borrell, in an interview before a telephone conversation between Vladimir Putin and Joe Biden. In turn, the leader of the European People's Party faction in the European Parliament, Manfred Weber, called for the most interested parties. 
on the night of December 31, Vladimir Putin and Joe Biden held telephone conversation. According to the Kremlin, the head of the White House has threatened «large-scale sanctions» over the situation with Ukraine. The Russian leader responded by saying that it would be a big mistake: in this case, a complete rupture of relations between the countries could follow.
