OREANDA-NEWS Europe's actions contradict statements about its readiness for peace, Russian Presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.

"At a minimum, the actions of the Europeans should stop being contradictory. Today, President Putin spoke more than eloquently about these contradictions in the position of the Europeans," he told Vesti's Pavel Zarubin, answering the question of what needs to happen for Moscow to believe the Europeans' statements about peace.