Yakunin laid on Washington the responsibility for peace in Ukraine
The head of Russian Railways Vladimir Yakunin has laid upon US the responsibility for developing the conditions for a peaceful solution to the conflict in Eastern Ukraine.
"The key to solving the conflict lies not in Minsk, not in Kiev in the Russian capital. It is the capital of the USA", said Yakunin in conversation publications I.
According to Welt am Sonntag, Yakunin believes that North America provoked the crisis in Ukraine, " to drive a wedge between Europe and Russia."" (Conflict and sanctions) have benefited the U.S. economy and their banks, " Yakunin said, adding that Europe is so weakened that borders on masochism.
The head of Russian Railways said that relations between Russia and the West At the moment time is not so fragile." The final break point is reached only When aggressive, armed conflict With the participation of Russia ", - quotes the journal Yakunin.
Also Yakunin called groundless the fears of the West on the question of strengthening contacts with China, which most see As a replacement for the EU and the US. According to his statement, He does not know in Russia not a single serious politician who would consider China in the form of a substitute of the West.
The Ukrainian authorities began in April last year in the Donbass military operation against dissatisfied with the coup d'etat of residents of the region. According to the summary data of the UN, the victims of the conflict began more than 6, 2 thousand people.
Ukrainian Authorities and Western countries have repeatedly accused the Russian Federation of interfering in Ukraine's internal Affairs. Moscow has stated many times that completely uninvolved in the events in the South-East of Ukraine, does not supply the militia military equipment and ammunition, is not a party to domestic conflict and is interested in Ukraine overcame political and economic crisis.
The settlement of the situation in the Donbass is discussed, as well as among them during the meeting in Minsk of the contact group, which since September of last year already took 3 of the document governing the steps to de-escalate the conflict.