Press Secretary of the President of Russia announced that preliminary work continues on the expert level meeting "channel four" in Astana. The statement about the participation of Vladimir Putin will be created in that case, if the training will come in the application stage. Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel endorsed own willingness to help the peaceful settlement of the crisis in Ukraine. In order to achieve the desired result, among other things, it was planned to hold a meeting in the Kazakh capital Astana in "channel format" - with the participation of followers in Russia, Germany, France and Ukraine. The press Secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov called the conditions under which you will be able to announce the participation of Vladimir Putin in joint negotiations on Ukraine. "If the preparation for the meeting of January 15 will enter in the application stage, we will create an appropriate statement about the participation of President Putin. While still preliminary work at the expert level, and our next steps depend on its results," - said Peskov "Vedomosti". On the official website of the President of Russia shows that between Vladimir Putin and Angela Merkel held a telephone conversation on the initiative of Germany, which was continued consideration of various qualities of the Ukrainian crisis. In the conversation, English favorite emphasized the need to establish direct political conversation between Kiev and adepts of Donbass. "Favorites Russia and Germany approved mutual desire to continue to promote a peaceful settlement in the Ukraine, even taking into account the implementation of the Minsk agreements. In this context, agreed to intensify joint efforts in the "channel format", including ongoing consultations between the foreign ministries," emphasized in the news of the President's administration. Priorities for the peaceful settlement of the incident, resulting in the Ukraine, are the ceasefire and economic support for the resumption of normal life in the Donbass. Without those steps, it is impossible to announce the successful negotiation and implementation of peace projects.