"Where the Russian flag has been raised, it must not be lowered": Head of the Russian negotiating delegation

Vladimir Medinsky, the aide to the Russian president and head of the Russian negotiating delegation,  quoted Nicholas I in response to a question about the possibility of exchanging territories between Russia and Ukraine.

There is no possibility of exchanging territories between Russia and Ukraine. Russia will be satisfied with negotiations when there is peace on its terms.

The main task is to create a new security system in Europe, which will become the new "Yalta" and "Potsdam."

 "The task is something else, we discussed this today. The goal is to create a comprehensive security system in Europe that would serve as a new, modern-day Yalta and Potsdam; one imbued with the spirit of the 1975 Helsinki Accords, aligned with today’s new realities, and fundamentally fair," he said.

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