MOSCOW August 25. 2024 (Saba) - Sergei Stepashin, the head of the Russian government in May-August 1999, ruled out the possibility of holding negotiations with the Kiev regime at the present time.
TASS quoted Stepashin as saying: "Signing any agreements now with the Kiev regime would be a repetition of the Khasavyurt mistake (the Khasavyurt agreement on the end of the first Chechen war, signed in Khasavyurt, Dagestan, on August 30, 1996 between the Russian authorities and the militants in Chechnya), pointing out the necessity of Russia's insistence on Ukraine's surrender and the completion of all tasks of the special military operation.
Stepashin added: "There is only one task today. It is to defeat the Nazi terrorist regime. There is no other way. I agree with Dmitry Medvedev that peace negotiations cannot be held with any party. With whom should we hold peace negotiations? “With the illegitimate Zelensky, it would be like holding peace negotiations with Hitler in 1944. We did not hold peace negotiations with him, although there were such attempts. The only thing that can suit Russia now is the surrender of the Kiev regime. I do not see any other way now, especially after Kursk.”
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