Moscow Comments On US Remarks About Cyberattacks
Moscow, March 22: Russia, unlike Western countries, including the United States, is not engaged in banditry, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday, commenting on the US remarks about possible cyberattacks from Moscow.
President Joe Biden said on Monday that his administration has “evolving intelligence” indicating that Russia is exploring options to launch cyberattacks against the United States, which may be a retaliation for the “unprecedented” sanctions.
“Russia, unlike many Western countries, including the United States, does not engage in banditry at the state level,” Peskov told reporters. Peskov said that Russia would like negotiations with Ukraine to be more meaningful. “Ukraine is a sovereign state, and there should be some internal state procedures. But besides this, there are those substances that are on the negotiating table of the two delegations. I cannot interfere in the details of these substances. We are convinced that making them public at the moment can only harm the negotiation process, which is already going much slower and less meaningful than we would like them to be,” Peskov told reporters.
When asked if the referendum takes place after the package of proposals, which the parties are ready to present to the public, is formed Peskov said that “this is due to a whole set of parameters” that can and should be discussed by the negotiating teams of the countries.
Moscow does not initiate any addresses of Russian President Vladimir Putin to the parliaments of Western states, but the head of state remains open to contacts at any level in order to clarify Russia’s position on the situation in Ukraine, Peskov said.
“No negotiations are underway. Meanwhile, Russian president Putin has always been and remains open to contacts at any level in order to clarify Russia’s position in this case, in order to explain the goals of the task and the reasons for the military special operation. In fact, he repeatedly demonstrated his readiness”, Peskov told reporters.
Moscow “naturally cannot and does not want to take initiatives, especially since we are talking mainly about those countries that have taken very, very hostile steps against our country in recent weeks,” he added.
