According to the source Vesti.ua, the Russian side refuses to meet due to its hopelessness.
According to tg-channel “VESTI”, the meeting of political advisers of “Normandy format”, which was planned to be held on August 28 in Paris, may not take place. The official reason for postponing the meeting may be the refusal of the host party.
“The meeting was postponed at the request of Dmitry Kozak, the head of Russian President’s Administration. The Russian side refuses to hold non-binding negotiations. The Kremlin insists that the working procedure in the negotiating group is not violated and the parties have time to agree on positions”, – Vesti.ua asserts. – “In order to formulate disagreements and contradictions, the Russian side needs Ermak’s proposals, and the head of the President’s Office has not yet provided them. In turn, according to our source, the Russian side does not have time to agree on points of negotiation with representatives of unrecognized republics”.
Based on the diplomatic correspondence that was made public not so long ago, the political part of the Minsk agreements is a stumbling block, which the Ukrainian side has consistently removed from the agenda of negotiations.