U.S. and Russian negotiators on Monday concluded special talks aimed at de-escalating ongoing tensions over Ukraine and a rise in military activity near Russia’s western border. Not much information on the outcome of the bilateral talks, which lasted over seven hours in the Swiss city of Geneva, was immediately released. Senior diplomats on both sides appear to indicate that no major breakthrough is immediately in sight. “Unfortunately we have a great disparity in our principled approaches to this,” Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said during a news conference on Monday. “The U.S. and Russia in some ways have opposite views on what needs to be done.” Although not many details were provided, Ryabkov stressed after the meeting that Moscow has no plans to invade Ukraine. Ryabkov and his team met with Wendy Sherman, the U.S. deputy secretary of state, as part of “Strategic Security Dialogue” talks aimed at arms control and …