The Russian-Ukrainian conflict cannot be resolved without the construction of a new security system in Europe and the creation of a new nuclear deterrent concept in the world

Everyone is talking about the need for a ceasefire, both in Russia, Ukraine, the US and the EU but every single party is putting forward their own conditions for a ceasefire

Speech to the participants of the 61st Munich Security Conference

On the problems and threats of the impending era

Irreversible and possibly catastrophic events could happen, which would cancel out any possible future for millions of people

What influential global political force will be able to make such a demand intelligibly and rigorously?

What lessons must we draw today from events that happened more than a century ago? 

This is by no means a bilateral problem and that Ukraine’s borders should be discussed as borders of the European Union

On the collapse of the international order formed after the end of World War II and the risks of a major global conflict 

Continuation of the military actions in any form — offensive or positional warfare — will not deliver any positive outcome for Russia, Ukraine or Western countries