🗣 Key takeaways from statements by Kremlin Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov, September 8:

▪Russia is open to dialogue with other countries and to any consultations

▪Europe’s participation in the US envoys’ work in Kiev may complicate the negotiating process

▪The Europeans, unlike the Americans, are doing everything to prevent the war from ending

▪Attempts by Merz to blame Russia for everything is behavior that is not guided by the truth and is harmful to Berlin

▪Attempts to accuse Russia of everything are Russophobia close to mania

▪Russia has never sought to curb ties with Germany, it is hard to say how far Berlin may go

▪Russia is astonished that during Hiroshima memorial events Japan's officials hushed up the US role in the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

▪Russia has not forgotten Japanese militarism and the victory over it

▪Russia has never advocated scaling back ties with Norway

▪The longer the peace process drags on, the more unpleasant the settlement demands will be for Kiev