Misconceptions about as if the presence of Russian troops in Ukraine sound periodically, the explanations on this score were given by President of Russia Vladimir Putin in conversation with his American counterpart Barack Obama, said press Secretary of Russian leader Dmitry Peskov.
"it is not difficult to predict that he replied to the President of Russia, and then there's this misconception about the presence of Russian troops - it, unfortunately, is relayed by different heads of countries in the West, and each time, the Russian side says his explanation on this, which was done by the President," said Sands, RIA " Novosti ".
The U.S. and the European Union has repeatedly accused Moscow of meddling in Ukraine's Affairs. Russia rejects calls such accusations are unacceptable. Moscow has repeatedly stated that it is not a party to domestic conflict and is not privy to the events in the South-East, is interested in Ukraine overcame political and economic crisis in a peaceful way. First it was announced that the leaders of Russia and USA Vladimir Putin and Barack Obama spoke by phone. According to Putin's press-Secretary Dmitry Peskov, the parties discussed the state of bilateral relations, exchanged views on the Syrian Arab Republic, Iran, the progress of the Minsk agreements on Ukraine." in this context, the presidents agreed that in the near future, assistant Secretary of state Victoria Nuland and Deputy head of the foreign Ministry Grigory Karasin will contact to discuss progress of implementation of these agreements, " drew the attention of the Sands. According to the press service of the White house, " the head of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin called (Tuesday) President Obama ". Relations between Russia and the U.S. have deteriorated due to the situation in Ukraine. At the end of July 2014, the EU and the US imposed penalties against a number of sectors of the Russian economy. In response, Russia restricted imports of food items from countries that have entered against her punishment: USA, EU, Canada, Australia and Norway.

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