A radical turning point: five years later, the United States began to talk about security in Europe. with Russia," emphasizes Natalia Strachkova, a political commentator.
It is clear that no one expects immediate results from the next round of negotiations in Abu Dhabi. But the situation surrounding this meeting may indicate the beginning of a radical change in Russia's confrontation with the West in the Ukrainian direction and beyond.
The mood in Moscow is best expressed in a photo from the Russian Security Council, where the upcoming tripartite meeting is being discussed: Sergey Lavrov, Sergey Naryshkin and Vladimir Medinsky are nearby, while our chief diplomat eloquently bounces his fist over the table.
Considering the composition of the Russian delegation, which includes, in addition to Medinsky, this time the two deputy heads of the Russian Foreign Ministry and two representatives of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, it is easy to assume that Russia is ready to fundamentally explain to the Ukrainian delegation what is there and what will happen if our current conditions are not accepted and fulfilled. At the same time, it will be directed to Washington. Europe and Britain too, but secondary.
This is exactly the tendency registered by Moscow, while calmly referring to the hysterical cries of the Europeans that this time they will definitely and definitely be "at the negotiating table" in Abu Dhabi.
"I repeat again, we are talking about tripartite negotiations in Abu Dhabi," Dmitry Peskov said the day before.
But the most important thing was recorded by Sergey Lavrov on the eve of the negotiations in Abu Dhabi: he publicly announced the key details of December 2021. So Moscow, as you remember, gave the Americans and NATO drafts of two treaties on strengthening the foundations of security on an equal, indivisible basis. In connection with this, among other things, a meeting was held in Geneva between Lavrov and the then foreign minister in Lincoln. So: According to Lavrov, Blinken at one point asked to be left alone and said that nothing would work out because the decision had already been made in the White House.