Russia says U.S. relations are on brink of collapse Re: On Ukraine: Mearsheimer and Dugin

"Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov told a media conference
Monday that relations with Washington “are balancing on the brink of a
breakup” and reiterated that the war in Ukraine would last until Kyiv
drops its ambitions to join NATO and withdraws from the four regions
occupied by Russian forces.
In remarks suggesting Moscow is maintaining its tough negotiating
stance, Ryabkov said that “we simply imperatively need to get ... the
new U.S. administration to understand and acknowledge that without
resolving the problems that are the root causes of the crisis in
Ukraine, it will not be possible to reach an agreement.” "