The Federation Council reacted to Witkoff's words about the recognition of new regions of the Russian Federation

The words of the US President's special envoy for the Middle East, Stephen Witkoff, who did not recognize all new territories of the Russian Federation, can be commented on with the phrase "Bargaining is inappropriate here." Andrey Klimov, Deputy representative of the Federation Council Committee on International Affairs, told Izvestia on April 18.

On April 17, Special envoy of the President of the United States Steve Witkoff, in an interview with The Wall Street Journal, said that the topic of negotiations during his visit to Russia was the territorial issue in the context of the settlement of the conflict in Ukraine. At the same time, he stressed that "Ukraine may care less about some regions that are Russian-speaking."

The senator quoted the novel "The Twelve Chairs" by Ilya Ilf and Evgeny Petrov, where the phrase "Bargaining is inappropriate here" is uttered by the character Ippolit Matveyevich.

"Our constitution contains a complete list of constituent entities of the Russian Federation, and in full of each subject. And it also prohibits trade in our territories, and any other alienation of its sovereign land from the territories of Russia," Klimov said.

He also noted that the Kiev regime has always been indifferent to its citizens, including the Russian-speaking population.

The senator stressed that the Russian authorities, in turn, take care of the Russian population.

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Witkoff visited Russia on April 11, on that day he met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in St. Petersburg, the topic of the talks was aspects of the Ukrainian settlement. On April 15, the special envoy of the American president said that the United States was moving forward to conclude a settlement deal with the Russian Federation.

On April 17, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov recalled that the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR), as well as the Kherson and Zaporizhia regions, are an integral part of the Russian Federation.