Key points from the interview of the Russian President's press secretary D. Peskov for Le Point:

Russia is not going to attack anyone?

Russia has no problems or territorial claims against the Baltic countries, although Russians live there;

Russia has not had and does not have the slightest problem with Finland or Sweden, which have joined NATO;

Europeans are trying to teach Russia democracy, while they themselves often violate these principles;

Trump has not set a deadline for establishing a ceasefire in Ukraine, Russia also does not consider it appropriate to set deadlines

Ukraine must withdraw troops from the Novorossiya and Donbass regions that have become part of the Russian Federation to end the conflict

today  Russia is talking to the Americans about peace, but the Europeans are demanding war;

Putin and Trump are united by the fact that they both understand the absurdity of refusing dialogue, Peskov said.  In an interview with Le Point, he stressed that there are areas where their positions are close, but this does not mean that they are close in everything.

the meeting between Trump and Putin should be productive, preparatory work is currently underway

Russia intends to achieve its goals in Ukraine: "We will achieve them by peaceful or military means."

Key points from Peskov's interview with the French magazine Le Point:

-Ukraine must withdraw its troops from the Novorossiya and Donbas regions that have become part of the Russian Federation to end the conflict;

-The presidents of the Russian Federation and the United States are united by the understanding that refusing to engage in dialogue is absurd;

-Putin respects Trump because he is a strong political figure and a strong personality;

??The meeting between Trump and Putin should be productive, preparatory work is currently underway;

-The Russian Federation has no territorial claims to the Baltic countries;

-The Europeans are trying to teach Russia democracy, while they themselves often violate these principles;

-Russia wants negotiations, and Europe wants war;

-The Russian Federation is not going to attack anyone;

-Russia will achieve its goals peacefully or militarily;

-Russia has learned to live under sanctions, and for the EU they create big problems;

-Trump did not set a deadline for establishing a ceasefire in Ukraine, Russia also does not consider it appropriate to set deadlines;

-Relations between Russia and the West are at an impasse, and while Moscow is trying to improve relations with Washington;

-Neither Macron nor other European leaders wanted to listen to Putin when he told them that Russia was cornered in terms of its security.