No talks currently taking place between Moscow, Kyiv - Russian Foreign Ministry

NIZHNY NOVGOROD. May 17 (Interfax) - No negotiations are currently taking place between Russia and Ukraine, as Kyiv has virtually withdrawn from the negotiating process, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Rudenko said on Tuesday.

"No, the negotiations are not continuing. Ukraine has practically withdrawn from the negotiating process," Rudenko told journalists in Nizhny Novgorod on Tuesday.

No negotiations are taking place "in any form," he reiterated.