Alexey Bogdanovsky. The U.S. assistant Secretary of state for Europe and Eurasia Victoria Nuland on Tuesday and Wednesday we will visit Berlin, said the U.S. state Department. in Germany Nuland will meet with senior representatives of the government of the country, informed the Ministry, without specifying the names of her companions. Will discuss " the global and transatlantic challenges ", explained in the state Department. Under the transatlantic challenges in the US often understand the differences with Russia, which NATO calls the reason for the expansion of its military activities in the European Union. The US will support the continued preservation and, if necessary, the extension of sanctions against Russia and urging the EU partners to a similar policy. Relations between Russia and the West deteriorated in connection with the situation in Ukraine. At the end of July 2014, the EU and the US imposed penalties against a number of sectors of the Russian economy. In response, Russia restricted imports of food items from countries that have entered against her punishment: USA, EU, Canada, Australia and Norway. The G7 leaders following the meeting, 7-8 June this year confirmed that the issue of extending sanctions against Russia before the end of 2015 will be considered by the European Council in June. Nuland will visit on 18 June, the Czech Republic, where he will lead a U.S. delegation at the next round of strategic dialogue, the U.S.-Czech Republic and will meet with the designated civil society, said the state Department.