The short life of the Minsk agreements: why diplomacy failed?

Interview with Nikolay Y. Silaev, PhD (History), Director of the Laboratory for Intellectual Data Analysis, Institute International Studies, MGIMO University, Moscow (Russia). The Minsk agreements were conceived as an opportunity peace in Ukraine, but their failure only exacerbated dynamics conflict. How did negotiations between parties conflict go? Why diplomacy fail and is there a possibility its revival? interview expert political working group within seeks answers to these questions.