Russia has sent a substantial 'peace treaty' to the US and NATO, each of nine articles, in which it articulates its requests to ease tensions in Eastern Europe.
The Russian Foreign Ministry (Mid) announces that the document was delivered to the parties on 15 December.
Among the proposed measures, anticipated by various Russian media, there is the creation of a "hotline" between Moscow and NATO, the promise by the US to "not expand" NATO further and to "not accept" countries within it. which were part of the Soviet Union.