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The Russian Foreign Minister says the US should take responsibility for those whom they put in power instead issuing ultimatums to Moscow.<\/p>\n
“Before giving us ultimatums, demanding that we fulfill demands within two or three days with the threat of sanctions, we would urgently call on our American partners to fully accept responsibility for those who they brought to power,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0said Lavrov during a press conference with his colleague from Mozambique, Oldemiro Baloi.<\/p>\n All attempts to isolate Russia will lead to a dead end because Russia is\u00a0“a big, independent power that knows what it wants,”<\/em>\u00a0he added<\/p>\n Meanwhile, the Russian FM also criticized statements from Western countries and Kiev\u2019s authorities, which\u00a0\u201cinvent possible and impossible arguments against Russia,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0claiming that a large amount of Russian arms in the conflict zones proves Russian interference in Ukrainian affairs.<\/p>\n He called the statements absurd as Ukraine has traditionally used Russian-made arms.<\/p>\n \u201cThis statement is ludicrous. Everyone has Russian arms in Ukraine,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0Lavrov said.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, he also said that TV outlets have reported that US arms were also found in Ukraine and illegal armed groups, not the Ukrainian army were in possession of these American arms.<\/p>\n Speaking about the crisis situation in eastern Ukraine and Kiev\u2019s crackdown on the Donetsk region, Lavrov also said that Kiev authorities don\u2019t want or maybe cannot control the extremists who continue to control the situation in the country.<\/p>\n “The authorities are doing nothing, not even lifting a finger, to address the causes behind this deep internal crisis in Ukraine,”<\/em>\u00a0he said.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Lavrov also said that the Kiev coup-appointed government has violated the Geneva agreements of April 17, after the four-sided talks between the EU, the US, Russia and Ukraine.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Pravy Sektor (Right Sector) group has been \u201crunning the show\u201d in the streets of central and western Ukraine and is trying to affect eastern regions,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0he said, adding that buildings in Kiev seized by the protesters haven\u2019t been freed and the streets haven\u2019t been cleared.<\/p>\n \u201cHowever, Kiev authorities say that \u201cMaidan\u201d is acting legally which is totally inadmissible,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0he said.<\/p>\n