Moscow - Russian State Duma Speaker Sergei Naryshkin said there is no need to send Russian troops to Ukraine so far.
“The decision made by the Federation Council issues the mandate. This right could be used if a necessity arises. But there is no such necessity at the moment,” Naryshkin said in an interview with Rossiya 24 television in comments about Russian senators’ decision to give the president the right to send troops to Ukraine.
Asked whether an opportunity exists to settle the situation in Ukraine via a political dialogue, Naryshkin said, “Of course, it does.”
“I and my colleagues do not even want to say the word ‘war,'” he said.
