Kremlin denies information about plans to declare martial law in Russia

MOSCOW. May 11 (Interfax) - There are no plans to declare martial law in Russia, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.

"No, there are no such plans," Peskov said at a press briefing in response to a question whether it was really planned to declare martial law in Russia, as alleged by U.S. intelligence.

According to Peskov, the sociopolitical situation in Russia is stable.

"Stable," Peskov said in response to a journalist's question how he would describe the political situation in Russia.

As for a statement by former Russian Presidential Advisor Sergei Glazyev, who said that the West was preparing for a coup in Russia, Peskov said, "Regretfully, I do not know what Glazyev's conclusions are based on, so I can tell you nothing about it."

In his comments to reporters, Peskov declined to assess the prospects of Russian-Ukrainian negotiations.

Asked by journalists whether he could assess possible outcomes of the talks, Peskov said, "No, I can't. We can only acknowledge the actual state of affairs for now."

Peskov said that Moscow was grateful to Turkey for creating conditions for the Russian-Ukrainian talks but noted that the talks started without mediators, and were continuing without mediators "quite slowly and unfruitfully.

Journalists asked Peskov whether the Russian-Ukrainian talks needed mediators. "The negotiating process began without mediators, and it is continuing quite slowly and unfruitfully without mediators," he said.

Speaking of the role of Turkey, Peskov said, "Indeed, we evaluate rather highly and appreciate the efforts taken by our Turkish colleagues to create the necessary conditions for the meeting held in Istanbul," he said.