Moscow explained when dialogue with Kiev will be possible
The factors blocking the Minsk process remain the same: the parties cannot agree on which clauses of the Minsk agreements to implement first - those relating to security or political settlement, Kommersant writes in a publication devoted to the results of the latest telephone conversations in the Normandy format.
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Edition cites the words of a Kiev source close to the administration of the President of Ukraine, who noted that the Russian President wanted to include in the “road map” political demands for holding elections in the DPR and LPR, and Poroshenko objected that until security in these territories is completely ensured, there will be no elections.
“Russia demands that Ukraine, in accordance with the Minsk agreements, present legislation that will relate to amnesty, elections, and special status. Without this, Kyiv’s dialogue with the republics is impossible,” in turn, the head of the Center for Political Conjuncture, political scientist Alexey Chesnakov, close to the Russian Presidential Administration, explained Moscow’s position.
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