The visit of United States Secretary of state John Kerry to Russian Federation was not intended to fully recover, in practice, stopped the dialogue between the countries, told reporters on Wednesday the Head of the state Duma on international Affairs Alexei Pushkov.
On Tuesday, Kerry visited Sochi, where they had conversations with the head of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
in his vision, the administration of the President of the United States Barack Hussein Obama came to the conclusion that she " had lost almost all contacts with Russia and because It does not meet the objectives or interests of the United States "." I think that Kerry's Visit was designed not only to denote the shift in the position of the United States, but to try not to fully recover, in practice, stopped the dialogue, " - said the Deputy.
to the question, why in the process of talking about sanctions, the U.S. side did not touch on the topic of Crimea, Pushkov explained that, in his view, in the position of the United States Has two layers." One part concerns the situation in Eastern Ukraine, and a second round of sanctions against Russia was adopted, as explained to US, in connection with their rejection of the policy of Russia towards the East of Ukraine. There is a second layer, which is currently relegated to the back burner, But which is retained in position in the West. This is the punishment, and among them personal, which were adopted in the spring and are associated with the annexation of Crimea to Russia ", - said the MP.
"I don't think the US has revised its position on Crimea, I can only assume that they are aware that Crimea is part of Russia, and that to try to put pressure on the Russian Federation on the question under consideration is absolutely useless. But It's not It means that they didn't want from his approach, and It is not This means that they are ready to consider the possibility of lifting the sanctions, which are connected with the history of the Crimea ", - said Pushkov.
The head of Department explained that the fact that North America does not mention the Crimea, just means he's removed from the immediate agenda.
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