The Kremlin has replied to US President Donald Trump that the conflict in Ukraine doesn't depend on the price of oil, Russia's main export. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov stressed that the conflict is due to the threat to the national security of the Russian Federation,

Moscow believes it has the resources and manpower to withstand at least another year of the conflict.

The comments come after Trump on Thursday said the OPEC+ alliance of oil exporting countries share responsibility for the nearly three-year conflict in Ukraine because it has kept oil prices too high.

Russia has responded to the United States President, Donald Trump's warning that he will impose tariffs and sanctions if Moscow does not "make a deal"

In his first major remarks on Ukraine after re-entering the White House, the US president urged Putin to “settle now and stop this ridiculous war” or face intensified sanctions, taxes and tariffs, adding: “We can do it the easy way, or the hard way.”

Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Trump was also fond of imposing sanctions during his first term and Moscow sees nothing new in the president's latest ultimatum. "We do not see any particular new elements here," Peskov told Russian media Thursday, Politico.eu reported. "He likes these methods, at least he liked them during his first presidency."

Russian President Vladimir Putin is ready to hold a phone call with U.S. President Donald Trump and Moscow is waiting for word from Washington that it is ready too, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said on Friday.

The Kremlin said on Monday it had yet to receive any signals from the United States about arranging a possible meeting between President Vladimir Putin and President Donald Trump, but remained ready to organise such an encounter.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that he was open to discussions with US President Donald Trump on issues such as the Ukraine conflict and energy prices, and said it would be a good

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Russia is "very closely monitoring all the rhetoric" from Washington, a Kremlin spokesperson said, after President Donald Trump threatened to impose new sanctions unless Russia ends its war against Ukraine. "We don't see any new elements here," Dimitry Peskov, the spokesperson, said on Thursday.