The appointment of a special representative of Russia in the contact group on settling the situation in Ukraine raises the level of representation of the Russian capital, and emphasizes the importance of the negotiations, said on the first day of the week correspondents, the press Secretary of the President of Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov. before the first day of the week, the Kremlin said the diplomat Azamat kulmuhametov appointed special representative of the Russian Federation in the contact group on settling the situation in Ukraine. "This is due to the fact that on an ongoing basis to increase the level of, say, a specialization of the Russian representation at the talks. Ambassador Zurabov retains its function as the head of the Russian diplomatic mission in Kiev, and with respect to the appointment of a special envoy at the talks, It underscores the importance that Russia attaches to the negotiation process, in which Russia participates as one of the guarantors ", - said Peskov told reporters. Answering correspondents ' questions, Peskov confirmed that, accordingly, Zurabov will take part in the work of the trilateral contact group. He also gave a negative answer to a question, would it interfere with the work of the new special representative of the fact that He was engaged in the Syrian settlement. "On the contrary, will help. Russian filigree employees of the foreign Ministry, " - said the press Secretary of the President. dialogues " channel four ", held on 12 February came amid a sharp escalation of the situation in the Donbass, provoked by the Ukrainian security forces, which increased the forces began to storm the position of the militia. Following the meeting, the leaders of Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany adopted a set of measures involving, for example, the ceasefire in the Donbas with fifteen February, the withdrawal of heavy weapons and the development of the security zone.