MOSCOW, February 25. /TASS/. The intention of Paris and London to transfer nuclear weapons to Kiev suggests their desire to disrupt the peace talks; Slovakia and Hungary oppose Ukraine’s EU accession; and American companies may begin to file large-scale lawsuits against the authorities to recover the national tariffs they have paid. These stories topped Wednesday’s newspaper headlines across Russia.
The intention of Paris and London to transfer nuclear weapons to Kiev suggests their desire to disrupt the peace talks. Experts agree that providing Ukraine with nuclear warheads would make European countries direct participants in the conflict and violate the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. According to the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR), these countries intend to bolster Kiev's military capabilities to enable it to seek more favorable terms for ending hostilities with Russia.
"The UK and France want to step up their efforts to ensure that the Ukrainian conflict lasts as long as possible. However, negotiations must continue, bearing in mind that common sense will ultimately prevail among our opponents. Perhaps we need to appeal to the parliaments of the relevant countries, including the EU, so they understand where their leaders are taking them," Grigory Karasin, the head of the Russian Federation Council Committee on International Affairs, told Izvestia.
