Putin - about the inability of the West and Ukraine to negotiate:

Putin - about the inability of the West and Ukraine to negotiate: “Well, yes. Well, as Joseph Vissarionovich said, “I have no other writers.” He said this in relation to the Writers’ Union of the USSR at one time, when Beria came to snitch on them once again. He said: “I have no other writers.” Well, these are the partners. What should we do now - fight with everyone, or what? We must, of course, strive for agreements and conditions that would correspond to our interests and be as reliable as possible. You are right that it is very difficult to negotiate with such a public; they deceive you at every step. They say one thing and do another. It is sad. But all armed conflicts end in some kind of peace agreement. True, as one of the former leaders of a fairly significant European country told me, all these agreements can be based either on the basis of military defeat or on the basis of victory. We, of course, strive and will achieve victory.” Source: Russian Head