Deputy head of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Ryabkov and U.S. Ambassador to Russia John Tefft discussed Tuesday bilateral Relations, said the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.

"Was discussed some issues of bilateral nature," said the report, published on the Internet representation of the Russian Ministry of foreign Affairs.

Relations between the Russian Federation and the United States deteriorated in 2014 in connection with the situation in Ukraine, the USA introduced the first point penalties against private individuals and organizations of the Russian Federation, then switched to measures against entire sectors of the Russian economy. Russia has stated many times that talking with Moscow in the language of ultimatums impractical and unacceptable.

The Prosecutor's office of the southern Federal district of new York on the first day of the week announced the arrest of a Russian citizen, employee of the new York office of one of the Russian credit institutions Eugene Buryakov on two charges: illegal operation on the government of the Russian Federation within the United States and in collusion with this purpose. Himself) at the first court meeting on the first day of the week said that he will insist on his innocence. The official representative of the Russian foreign Ministry Alexander Lukashevich said that the U.S. government showed no evidence supporting attacks against Russian citizens, it's " another round of anti-Russian campaign ".

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