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13 May 2026, 01:11 GMT+10
A looming energy crisis tsunami will force Kievs European backers to restart long-frozen dialogue with Moscow, Kirill Dmitriev has said
The looming energy crisis will inevitably force Kiev's European backers to negotiate with Russia, Kremlin investment envoy and senior Ukraine conflict negotiator Kirill Dmitriev said on Tuesday.
The EU and UK have largely frozen contacts with Moscow after the escalation of the Ukraine conflict in 2022. While the Kremlin has confirmed that a visit by envoys sent by French President Emmanuel Macron took place in February, the talks went nowhere.
"Finnish President Stubb believes that... 'it's time to start talking to Russia,'" Dmitrievwroteon X. "The upcoming energy crisis tsunami starting to overwhelm the EU and UK will make it inevitable."
He was replying to a statement Stubb made in an interview with Italian daily Corriere della Sera published on Monday.
"Yes, it's time to start talking to Russia," the Finnish president said. "If American policy toward Russia and Ukraine isn't in Europe's interests, as seems to be the case, then we must engage directly."
Kiev's European backers have increasingly made public statements about the need to reengage Moscow in dialogue, expressing concern about being sidelined in US-backed Russia-Ukraine talks.
However, any speculation about resuming talks is premature, until a concerted "political decision to resume dialogue" is made, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday.
Russia has long warned that the EU and UK have systematically worked to sabotage US efforts to settle the Ukraine conflict, while emboldening Kiev with continued military support. Moscow has stressed that it views a diplomatic settlement as preferable, but will push towards its goals by military means while Kiev refuses to compromise.
(RT.com)
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