Advisor to the President of the USA rice: relations with Russia are " very tense "

Advisor to the U.S. President for national security Susan rice called Relations with Russia are " very strained ", although stated that part of the areas of interaction is maintained.

" Relations with Russia, Clearly, very tense", " rice said Tuesday, speaking at the Symposium in the U.S. capital.

The host of the conference, read the representative of the American administration a long excerpt from the speech of the President of the Russian Federation centuries Putin to the discussion club " Valdai " last week, in which the Russian President expressed his disagreement with the policy of the United States.

" Relations with Russia are also very tense because North America has successfully combined the largest economy of the world to impose penalties that are now very " bite ", impose a very high price for them (Russia) behavior (in connection with the situation in Ukraine, " said rice.

in addition, she called " very fragile " Minsk agreement to stop the fire in Ukraine, although reviews of rice, these agreements have helped to stabilize the situation in the country." This, fortunately, allowed the Ukrainians to have a successful parliamentary elections last Sunday, " said the Advisor to the President of the United States.

" But Relations with Russia are strained. Remain areas where we can cooperate in a constructive way - dialogue with Iran is one of these examples, and I could give more examples, " concluded rice.

Relations between Russia and the West has been exacerbated by the crisis in the Ukraine. At the end of July, the EU and the US from point penalties with respect to certain individuals and organizations have moved to the measures against entire sectors of the Russian economy, as well as among them, banking, defense, and energy. In response, Russia has restricted the import of food items from countries that have introduced in relation to penalties: USA, EU, Canada, Australia and Norway.


The US and EU do not recognize the annexation of Crimea to Russia and accused Moscow of interfering in Ukraine. Russia denies It and calls the accusations are unacceptable. Western States since March, has repeatedly introduced penalties against a number of Russian politicians, businessmen and organizations and threatened to make wider restrictive measures. The last case of the use of such practices began in July punishment.

The European Union on July 26, introduced penalties against fifteen Russian citizens and authorized self-proclaimed Donetsk and Lugansk national republics (DND and LNR), as well as against a number of Crimean organizations, such as the Sevastopol sea port and public organization " Sable ". For example, in the sanctions list includes the Director of the Federal security Service Alexander Bortnikov and the foreign intelligence Service of Russia Mikhail Fradkov, Secretary of the Russian security Council Nikolai Patrushev, his Deputy Rashid Nurgaliev and member of the Council Boris Gryzlov, the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov and the Krasnodar territory Alexander Tkachev.

in the U.S. capital and Brussels when ready, if necessary, to make wider sanctions lists. A complete list of Russian Citizens and organizations who are under punishment, -


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