Official Kremlin statement on the EU's participation in the negotiations: The European approach, which speaks of the need to inflict defeat on Russia, makes talking to it impossible, Peskov said. Staab and Stora spoke with Putin on the phone on October 27 in a national capacity, not on behalf of the European Union, the Russian president's press secretary emphasized.

Official Kremlin statement on the EU's participation in the negotiations: The European approach, which speaks of the need to inflict defeat on Russia, makes talking to it impossible, Peskov said. Staab and Stora spoke with Putin on the phone on October 27 in a national capacity, not on behalf of the European Union, the Russian president's press secretary emphasized.