Published 2 April 2023 at 16.01
Foreign. Russia's demands to agree to a peace settlement in Ukraine have been alarmingly tightened since the first peace talks – which were snubbed by Ukraine – this time last year.
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On March 29, in an interview with RTVI, quoted by Eurasia Daily, Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Michail Galuzin mentioned ten conditions that Russia now requires to be met before it agrees to a “sustainable peace in Ukraine and Europe.” The conditions are:
1. Cessation of hostilities from Ukraine and cessation of weapons from the West.
2. Prohibition of Ukraine joining NATO – or the EU (the demand for neutrality from the EU is new).
3. Confirmation of Ukraine's status as a non-nuclear weapon power.
4. Ukraine and the rest of the world must recognize “new territorial realities” (that annexed territories belong to Russia).
5. “Demilitarization” and “denazification” of Ukraine.
6. Protection of the rights of Russian speakers, of the Russian language and national minorities.
7. Ensure free cross-border movement vis-à-vis Russia.
8. Suspension of Ukraine's and the West's anti-Russian sanctions, prosecutions and others.
9. Restoration of Ukraine's legal status vis-à-vis Russia and the CIS.
10. The West must pay for the reconstruction of all infrastructure destroyed by Ukraine's armed forces after 2014.