Sergei Lavrov, the Russian foreign minister, said a 90-minute consultation with Anthony Blinken, the US Secretary of State, on Friday had been "constructive" and “useful” but had not addressed the demands Moscow had issued.

He said Russia would wait for the United States to produce written answers to its security ultimatums next week before deciding "if we are on the right path."

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