Gift presented by the US Secretary of state John Kerry, Minister of foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov, is a reminder of the Western sanctions and the Russian embargo, believes.

at the meeting on Tuesday, Sergei Lavrov gave John Kerry, during his visit to Sochi.
Foreign Policy resembles that in 2014, in Paris, Kerry gave Lavrov two potatoes from Idaho. Press Secretary of the Russian President then gave an assessment meeting and a Gift As a "positive step" in bilateral relations.

this time the Russian foreign Ministry decided that the potato is "the best way to break the ice" in relations with the US, writes Foreign Policy.

A gift chosen with irony, bearing in mind that because of Western sanctions potato prices in Russia have risen, according to the publication.

"The gift also not very subtly recalls that, in response to punishment, Russia banned the import of food from Europe and the USA ", - writes the magazine.

Will the Gift Lavrov to warming in Russian-American relations are yet to be seen. As if whatsoever, diplomacy, even " potato ", still better than the lack of it, enters into Foreign Policy.


Western countries since March 2014 several times already imposed penalties because Russia's position on Ukraine. The last case of the use of such practices were the limits imposed in March 2015, when expanded sanctions List of the USA.

The list of Russian citizens and organizations who have fallen under the punishment - in the material of the Fins news

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