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Washington, Feb 22 (IANS) A former American envoy to Moscow has said that Russian President Vladimir Putin was not interested in negotiating before he launched the invasion of Ukraine and "he's still not interested in negotiating" nearly a year into the ongoing war. John Sullivan, who was the US Ambassador to Russia from February 2020 to September 2022, had conversations with Russian officials about trying to prevent a war. But "there was no engagement", he told the BBC on Tuesday. "They demanded security guarantees for Russia but wouldn't talk constructively about security for Ukraine. They never moved beyond their talking points...…