Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said on Nov. 8 that Russian President Vladimir Putin is keen to start talks with President-elect Donald Trump on putting an end to the war in Ukraine—but that Russia’s demands for ending the conflict remain unchanged.
“We all heard Mr. Trump say during his election campaign that he intended to reach out to Putin himself. This is why the willingness and openness are there, and the Russian head of state emphasized this yesterday,” Peskov told reporters on Friday, according to Russian state-run media Tass.
Putin on Thursday congratulated Trump on his election victory and remarked on the prospect of mending ties between Russia and the United States, which the Kremlin says have been badly damaged by U.S. support for Kyiv and sanctions against Moscow….