(ANSA) - MOSCOW, 08 DEC - Vladimir Putin, in a virtual conversation with Joe Biden, underlined that the responsibility for the crisis in relations between Russia and the West "should not be placed on the shoulders of Russia since it is NATO that is making dangerous attempts to conquer Ukrainian territory and is increasing its military potential to our borders ". The Kremlin makes it known. "The Russian president, using specific examples, illustrated the destructive line of Kiev aimed at the complete dismantling of the agreements of Minske of the agreements reached in the" Normandy format "and expressed serious concern about the provocative actions of Kiev against the Donbass," says Moscow.
"The Russian side has proposed to cancel all restrictions accumulated on the operation of diplomatic missions" in Russia and the United States, which "could also serve to abnormalize other aspects of bilateral relations", as the Kremlin learned after the summit, noting that Putin stressed that " all this is a consequence of the line of the American authorities, which five years ago began to implement large-scale restrictions, bans and mass expulsions of Russian diplomats, to which we are forced to react in a specular way ". However, the Kremlin added, Putin andiden "agreed to instruct their representatives to engage in substantive consultations on the sensitive issues" addressed in the course of their conversation,for example, Putin's request for "reliable guarantees" on the halt to the expansion of NATO in Eastern Europe and "the deployment of offensive weapons systems of attack in the states adjacent to Russia". (HANDLE).