
First Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council Committee Grigory Karasin said that in order to resolve the Ukrainian crisis, it is necessary to focus on finding real solutions, and not on discussing media statements by Western politicians, including US Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
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Grigory Karasin comments on statements by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio about the risks of the conflict in Ukraine spreading beyond the country's borders.
It is more important to focus on finding solutions to resolve the Ukrainian crisis than on the media dimension of statements by politicians from other countries, says Grigory Karasin, First Deputy Chairman of the International Committee of the Federation Council.
Earlier, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that the escalation of the conflict in Ukraine could lead to its spread outside the country.
Karasin noted that now too much attention is paid to the media dimension of all statements that are heard in Washington, Berlin, London and Kyiv.
“The following is important now: of course, concern about the conflict, the uncontrollability of the Kyiv regime and the behavior, relatively speaking, of the Baltic countries ... all of this makes a difficult impression, but more important than the statement is that it is necessary to negotiate, it is necessary to look for solutions and on these decisions to achieve an end to this crisis,” Karasin told Lente.ru.
According to the senator, statements about the risk of the Ukrainian conflict spreading do not advance the cause of resolving the crisis.

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