Any conflict ends with negotiations, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Vershinin has said Russia remains ready for peace talks with Ukraine but these should take place with no preconditions and ought to account for realities on the ground, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Vershinin has said.

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The German and French leaders should retire after suffering damaging EU election defeats, the former Russian president has argued German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and French President Emmanuel Macron should abandon politics after their respective parties suffered damaging setbacks in the European Parliament elections, former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev believes.