Peshkov: We are ready for negotiations around the clock

LAST UPDATE: 12.49

The Russian delegation is ready to negotiate with the Ukrainian side around the clock, but there is no zeal on the Ukrainian side, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peshkov told reporters, according to the Russian agency Ria Novosti.

“I want to reiterate that our delegation headed by Medinsky, with the participation of experts and relevant services, is ready to work around the clock, and shows this readiness.” Unfortunately, we do not see such zeal from the Ukrainian side, “Pesko said. .

“If we agree on a document, if all its terms are met and implemented, then it can very quickly stop what is happening,” he continued.

Asked about the Financial Times report that Ukraine and Russia have made significant progress in a temporary peace plan, Peshkov said: “It is not true, there is evidence that it is right, but it is completely wrong.”

He also said that the Kremlin will announce something about the progress of the talks when there is something to be announced. “But you ask all the other questions to the Financial Times,” Peshkov said.

At the same time, Peshkov said that the claim of US President Joe Biden that Russian President Vladimir Putin is a war criminal is unacceptable and that the US has no right to reprimand Russia after its involvement in so many conflicts.

At the same time, the Kremlin spokesman estimated that many people in Russia are proving to be traitors, referring to those who resign from their jobs and leave the country.

Peshkov made the comment after Putin yesterday sternly warned the Russian “traitors”, whom he said the West wanted to use as a “fifth phalanx” to destroy Russia. The Russian president said that Russia would undergo a natural and necessary “self-purification” as its citizens would be able to “separate the real patriots from the waste and the traitors.”

“In these difficult times (…) many people show their true character. Too many people turn out to be, as we say in Russian, traitors,” the Kremlin spokesman said today.

“They are disappearing from society. Some people are leaving their jobs, some are leaving their active working lives, some are leaving the country and moving to others. This is how this liquidation is done,” Peshkov said.

Moscow also rejected the decision of the International Criminal Court (ICC), which on Wednesday asked Russia to immediately suspend its military operations in Ukraine.

“We can not take this decision into account,” Peshkov said, stressing that the two sides – Russia and Ukraine – would have to agree so that the decision could be implemented.

Peshkov also said that Russia has the necessary funds to service foreign bonds, so any bankruptcy would be completely artificial.

“The fact is that from the beginning we said that Russia has all the necessary funds and capabilities to prevent a bankruptcy, there can be no bankruptcy,” he said.

“Any bankruptcy that could occur would be completely artificial,” Peshkov said.