{"id":5415,"date":"2026-05-12T19:41:25","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T19:41:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/?p=5415"},"modified":"2026-05-15T19:33:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T19:33:12","slug":"talks-with-russia-inevitable-for-europe-kremlin-envoy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/12\/talks-with-russia-inevitable-for-europe-kremlin-envoy\/","title":{"rendered":"Talks with Russia \u2018inevitable\u2019 for Europe \u2013 Kremlin envoy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>A looming energy crisis \u201ctsunami\u201d will force Kiev\u2019s European backers to restart long-frozen dialogue with Moscow, Kirill Dmitriev has said<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The looming energy crisis will inevitably force Kiev\u2019s European backers to negotiate with Russia, Kremlin investment envoy and senior Ukraine conflict negotiator Kirill Dmitriev said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The EU and UK have largely frozen contacts with Moscow after the escalation of the Ukraine conflict in 2022. While the Kremlin has confirmed that a visit by envoys sent by French President Emmanuel Macron took place in February, the talks went nowhere.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cFinnish President Stubb believes that\u2026 \u2018it\u2019s time to start talking to Russia,\u2019\u201d<\/em> Dmitriev <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/kadmitriev\/status\/2054068864040735170\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">wrote <\/a>on X. <em>\u201cThe upcoming energy crisis tsunami starting to overwhelm the EU and UK will make it inevitable.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>He was replying to a statement Stubb made in an interview with Italian daily Corriere della Sera published on Monday.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n        <span><strong>Read more<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<figure>\n            <img src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" alt=\"RT\" class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/69fb593085f5401e7633431d.jpg\"><figcaption><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/news\/639526-aviation-shock-broad-crisis\/\">Global aviation shock harbinger of broader crisis \u2013 Putin envoy<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em>\u201cYes, it\u2019s time to start talking to Russia,\u201d<\/em> the Finnish president said. <em>\u201cIf American policy toward Russia and Ukraine isn\u2019t in Europe\u2019s interests, as seems to be the case, then we must engage directly.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Kiev\u2019s European backers have increasingly made public statements about the need to reengage Moscow in dialogue, expressing concern about being sidelined in US-backed Russia-Ukraine talks.<\/p>\n<p>However, any speculation about resuming talks is premature, until a concerted <em>\u201cpolitical decision to resume dialogue\u201d<\/em> is made, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>\n        <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/russia\/639881-eu-russia-envoy-debate\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n            <span>READ MORE: <\/span>EU\u2019s confusion over envoy for talks irrelevant \u2013 Kremlin<br \/>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/p>\n<p>Russia has long warned that the EU and UK have systematically worked to sabotage US efforts to settle the Ukraine conflict, while emboldening Kiev with continued military support. Moscow has stressed that it views a diplomatic settlement as preferable, but will push towards its goals by military means while Kiev refuses to compromise.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A looming energy crisis \u201ctsunami\u201d will force Kiev\u2019s European backers to restart long-frozen dialogue with Moscow, Kirill Dmitriev has said [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5417,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5415"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5415"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5415\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5419,"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5415\/revisions\/5419"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}