USA until I see opportunities to return Russia to the " Big eight ", said Tuesday the official authorized White house Josh Ernest. "At the moment it's hard to imagine", He said at the regular briefing for reporters, RIA " Novosti ". remember, in March 2014, the leaders of the "seven" on the sidelines of the nuclear security summit in the Hague has suspended the operation of the "eight" and refused from participation in the meeting of the G8 in Sochi. Ernest explained the abolition of sanctions against Russia." We are clearly talking about the fact that North America is ready to take certain steps to mitigate or even the lifting of sanctions, if Russia will fulfill its commitments under the Minsk agreements, " He said. Convinced Ernest, " for this purpose are yet to be done ". Ernest also repeated the statement made in the capital of the United States about the fact that " Russia's economy is severely weakened due to the fall in energy prices and punishments. He also admitted that the U.S. " there are serious concerns on the conduct of the Russian Federation ". He has noticed that Moscow and Washington " have a complicated relationship ". According to his statement, " the situation in Ukraine is one of the differences." The Commissioner of the White house during regular briefing focused on a number of areas where the interaction between 2 countries, and according to his vision, is developing successfully. For example, He identified " the space program, where Russian scientists and cosmonauts are working with our American colleagues ". In addition, Ernest was focused on " the situation in the Syrian Arab Republic, where interaction was possible to eliminate stockpiles of weapons of mass destruction ". Ernest noticed that " the USA used the relations with Russia to strengthen its national interests." At the same time, in Sochi ended dialogues of U.S. Secretary of state John Kerry with foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and President Vladimir Putin. As emphasized In the leadership of the Russian Federation, the dialogues were not a breakthrough, but were successful. The sides discussed wide range of issues, among them the situation in Ukraine.