Russia's Envoy don`t Think the Situation in Ukraine is a Stalemate

"I have just wanted to draw your attention to the fact that we do not consider the current situation as a stalemate. There are a lot of ways and breakthrough options. My task is to explain it to the parties of the process," Gryzlov said in an interview with the Russian Kommersant daily on Sunday.


Gryzlov added that despite the fact that there were players, who were interested in the stalemate of the Ukrainian settlement, he was optimistic about the prospects of the Minsk peace deal implementation, Sputnik reports.

Established in May 2014, the Contact Group aims to promote direct dialogue between Kiev and the self-proclaimed people's republics of Donetsk and Lugansk. The group includes representatives from Russia, Ukraine and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe. Gryzlov was appointed as the country's envoy to the Contact Group on Ukrainian reconciliation on December 26.