Putin calls conference on Ukraine in Switzerland panopticon

Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin has called the Peace Summit in Switzerland, to which Russia was not invited, a panopticon. Source: Putin at a meeting with self-proclaimed Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko on 11 April, Russia's Interfax news agency reports Quote from Putin: "Now, as you know, the idea of holding a conference in Switzerland is being promoted, but we are not invited there; moreover, they believe that we have nothing to do there, and at the same time, they say that nothing can be resolved without us.

And since we are not going there, they say that we are refusing to negotiate; it is some kind of panopticon."

For Reference: A panopticon is a design for a high-security building with a control system that allows a single warden to observe all prisoners at once without being noticed.  Details: Putin also added that he was allegedly in favour of negotiations, "but not in the format of imposing some schemes that have nothing to do with reality". The Russian leader also notes that Russia does not aim to "put everything in a difficult position".

Lukashenko also spoke about the Summit. Quote from Lukashenko: "If they want to talk about peace in Ukraine in Switzerland (they call it a 'peace conference') without us, let them do as they wish. Our position is that they can only agree there on how to escalate the conflict.

How can there be a peace process without Russia?

There can be no peace process."

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