Sands: no one can speak with Putin's tone ultimatum
The President's press Secretary, Dmitry Peskov, explaining the message the media about As if made by the German Chancellor Angela Merkel ultimatum to Ukraine, said that no one communicated and will not have the opportunity to talk with Vladimir Putin in the same tone. "We all have to say about the tone of the negotiations. No one ever communicated, and will not be able at all desire by the President to communicate in the ultimate tone, "said Sands of the radio station" Moscow Speaking ", RIA " Novosti ". First television channel RBC referring to sources of the wall Street Journal in Western diplomatic circles said that the German Chancellor has nominated Putin ultimatum. According to information from the American magazine, Merkel threatened to impose new sanctions against Russian organizations and extension of the list of persons whose accounts abroad will be frozen, if Russia at the Minsk summit will reject the new " road map ". Merkel seemed to be also told Putin that in case of disagreement of Russia from the peace plan, Germany will not become an obstacle to U.S. plans to supply lethal weapons in Ukraine. Remember, Thursday night in Kiev ended dialogues of the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French leader Francois Hollande, who, according to reports in the German media, arrived in the Ukrainian capital to persuade Poroshenko agreement " Minsk plus. On the last working day of the week In the leadership of the Russian Federation passed the dialogues of the President of the Russian Federation centuries Putin with President of the French Republic Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel in the format of " eye to eye ", without the participation of the delegation members and any specialists. As said the head of the international Department of the state Duma, Alexei Pushkov, Merkel and Hollande decided to "intervene" for fear that North America will supply to Ukraine weapon. On Sunday, the leaders discussed the situation in the "channel format" on the phone. The parties agreed to hold a meeting eleven February in Minsk. On the first day of the week in Berlin planned dialogues at the professional level.