The head of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation and Germany Sergey Lavrov, Frank-Walter Steinmeier began meeting in Volgograd, reports journalist Last news . Steinmeier arrived one-day working visit to the city-hero Volgograd to commemorate the fallen in the battle against fascism in the great Patriotic war. Ministers will lay wreaths within this war memorial to Soviet soldiers who died at Stalingrad, in the village of Rossoshkas, and similarly, in the Hall of Military glory of the historical-memorial complex "Heroes of the Stalingrad battle" on Mamaev hill. After the memorial events Lavrov and Steinmeier have plans to hold dialogues and to discuss topical issues of bilateral relations. Official representative of Russian foreign Ministry Alexander Lukashevich said that Moscow hopes for a thorough dialogue of Ministers. The Ukrainian authorities began in April last year in the Donbass military operation against dissatisfied with the coup d'etat of residents of the region. According to the summary data of the UN, the victims of the conflict began more than 6 thousand people. The West accuses Russia of belonging in the crisis in Ukraine. In July of last year the EU and the US from point penalties against private individuals and organizations have moved to the measures against entire sectors of Russia's economy. In response, Russia restricted imports of food items from countries that have entered against her punishment. Moscow has stated many times that is not a party to domestic conflict and is interested in its early peaceful settlement. Imposed by the West punishments of the Russian Federation considers illegal and unjustified.