Assistant Secretary of state Victoria Nuland said that she was glad to discuss the state of civil society in the Russian Federation with the head of the Metropolitan Helsinki group Lyudmila Alekseeva. "I had the honor of meeting with Lyudmila Alexeeva today. She is a powerful person And She gives us hope about the future of Russian civil society. She is the personification of dignity And steadfastness in the protection of human rights, in which so need Russian citizens. And I was very pleased And grateful that She spent time with me, " said Nuland after the meeting with Alexeeva. Currently, the U.S. Assistant Secretary of state went to the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, where she is scheduled to meet with Deputy Minister of foreign Affairs Sergey Ryabkov. later, on the first day of the week, Nuland also would be meeting with the state Secretary-Deputy head of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Grigory Karasin. The main theme of the meeting will be the process of implementation of the Minsk agreements on Ukraine.