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2026-11-12 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
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'Treating the Whole Body.' What was discussed at the Abu Dhabi talks
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Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited
by Kirill Dvanov
[Regnum] On November 11, negotiations between delegations from Russia, the United States, and Ukraine, which had begun the previous day, continued in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the UAE. The current round, like the previous one, lasted several hours behind closed doors. It was reported that the parties discussed security issues in Europe. A concrete outcome of the discussions was also revealed: a large-scale prisoner exchange was agreed upon in principle.
A member of our delegation, First Deputy Chief of the General Staff's Information Directorate, Alexander Zorin, suggested in a commentary to Vesti that the return of Russian prisoners could take place in the next two to three weeks "after all issues related to the exchange procedure have been agreed upon."
Fulfilling this noble mission was worth sitting down at the negotiating table with the Kyiv representatives.
"Members of our delegation have been working on this specifically. We have agreed in principle on a new large-scale prisoner exchange, the specific parameters of which will be announced shortly," Vladimir Medinsky, head of the Russian delegation and presidential aide, said at a press conference.
Russia reaffirmed its commitment to the principle of "we don't abandon our own," and this is the main result of the meeting so far.
NEGOTIATIONS ARE NOT A SHOW
No one harbored any illusions about any significant progress in resolving the conflict. Both Moscow and Washington made it clear early on that no agreement should be expected after just a few hours of negotiations.
But the very fact that the conversation continues and its details are not made public is already a positive result.
“Specific details of the negotiation process in such cases are never discussed until a final agreement is reached,” Medinsky noted.
This closed format is the only way to conduct more than serious work without turning it into a show for the press.
The very fact that Moscow sent a representative delegation to Abu Dhabi demonstrates that the Russian leadership is ready for substantive discussions.
However, this cannot be said about the Kiev regime, and especially about its “European partners.”
EUROPEANS WERE SENT TO A BAR
London, Brussels, Paris and Berlin were left out of the negotiation process.
As Medinsky noted, since European politicians arrived in Abu Dhabi “as tourists,” then “let them communicate in the lobby, in the hotel bar.”
It's clear that the European Union is seeking to wedge itself into the negotiation process. A week before the meeting in the UAE, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni demanded that Brussels determine who will represent the EU in the negotiations to resolve the Ukrainian conflict.
But, as Russian President Vladimir Putin previously noted, the European Union cannot act as a mediator in the negotiations. It is impossible to discuss ending the conflict with those who want it to continue and who support Kyiv's illusion that it is possible to "defeat Russia on the battlefield."
"We haven't received a single peace initiative, not a single concrete peace proposal from European countries," Vladimir Medinsky noted. He stated that the Russian side doesn't quite understand what it can discuss with the Europeans—who, as Medinsky pointed out, have no status at the meeting in Abu Dhabi.
The Russian leadership has repeatedly noted that a seat at the negotiating table between Britain and the European Union must be earned. This is still a long way off—at the instigation of the European "support group," Kyiv representatives are attempting to obstruct the negotiations.
But Moscow is not giving in to provocations. Vladimir Putin consistently defends Russia's interests, and he has repeatedly stated that our country will not make concessions that in any way contradict these interests.
The final word on the dialogue will rest with the head of state, who, as Kremlin press secretary Dmitry Peskov reported, will receive a full report on all the details of the meeting in Abu Dhabi.
THE YALTA-POTSDAM SYSTEM IS NOT WORKING.
Moscow's foreign policy line remains unchanged: Europeans will have to take into account not only our position on the Ukrainian conflict, but also our vision of the security architecture in Europe itself.
In 2021, Western countries rejected Russian leadership's proposals for mutual and clearly defined security guarantees on the continent. At the headquarters of the EU and NATO (with the full approval and support of the then US administration), they decided that Russian interests could be ignored.
Moreover, Britain and the European Union have taken their hybrid war against our country to a new level, provoking their Kyiv clients into direct aggression.
A proxy war—one waged by the Ukrainian Armed Forces—has already yielded disappointing results for those orchestrating the standoff. The Russian army's victories in the Northern Military District, coupled with economic problems and political turbulence in Europe, are compelling arguments for forcing the West to return to common sense.
"It's easy to tell a story, but hard to do. Many years have passed, and finally this issue has gained traction and recognition that it needs to be addressed," Vladimir Medinsky noted.
He also made a bleak diagnosis of the entire European security system: "The conflict in Ukraine has demonstrated that the entire security system in Europe, in place since Yalta and Potsdam, is functioning very poorly. And, in essence, the entire system is sick. And in Ukraine, an abscess has simply burst. Therefore, the entire system needs to be treated."
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