MOSCOW, October 15. /TASS/: The current US administration does not need talks on cybersecurity issues, Russian Special Presidential Envoy for International Cybersecurity Cooperation Andrey Krutskikh said in an interview with the International Affairs magazine, published on the Russian Foreign Ministry’s website on Friday.
"Washington does not currently need talks [on cybersecurity issues]. It cannot get concessions from us through talks and its diktat does not work. The US seeks to resolve global political issues, in its own words, on the battlefield. The main negotiator on digital issues, recently appointed by Congress, made a public statement the other day that US policy was aimed at containing Russia in the cyber sphere. It’s a hopeless case," he pointed out.
"Washington has almost completely suspended dialogues on cybersecurity, while accusations and threats keep coming to us from overseas as if they have a horn of plenty there," Krutskikh stressed. "Our responsible negotiators are deprived of the opportunity to carry out their diplomatic duties at the United Nations, attempts are made to deny them access to the organization’s headquarters, which undermine the international negotiation process on international information security in general," he added.
At the same time, the diplomat was confident that "Russian diplomats and our country’s political leadership will have enough restraint, will and resolve to keep the world from a catastrophe without sacrificing the slightest bit of Russia’s national interests.".
