Russia has ruled out holding fresh talks in Geneva to defuse the Ukraine crisis.
Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that Russia would not involve in any talks until pro-Russian opposition groups are involved.
Lavrov added there was no point as an April accord between the US, EU and Russia had not been implemented, the BBC reports.
He spoke after a Council of Europe meeting which was expected to support Ukraine's plans for a 25 May election.
Lavrov however called an election 'unusual' at a time when the army was being used against the population.
At a news conference in Vienna, Lavrov said holding further international talks on Ukraine would be like 'going round in circles'.
He said that instead, the government in Kiev and its Western backers needed to implement the steps to resolve the crisis agreed in Geneva last month, the report added.
