Zam. the foreign Minister of Russia Grigory Karasin said that representatives of the Russian and American sides held a meeting on issues related To the situation in Ukraine, and fixed the date of the next discussion. The meeting of the commissioners of Russia and the U.S. on security issues, Economics and constitutional reform in Ukraine took place on Thursday in Zurich. According to the Deputy foreign Minister of Russia Grigory Karasin, the discussion was held in a constructive manner." Moscow proceeds from the fact that North America is ready to exert influence on Kiev ", - the words Karasin RIA " Novosti ". New Meeting in the same format will take place even before the end of July, drew the attention of the Deputy head the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation. Remember, this meeting Grigory Karasin announced July 2." given the fact that time is quickly running out before the end of the year is not so many weeks and months, we agreed to meet regularly in order you in a constructive way to influence Kiev to any political zigzag tweaks proceeded to dialogue and to resolve all those issues that stipulates the Minsk agreements ", - he said Then. At the same time Karasin said he intends to discuss With assistant Secretary of state Victoria Nuland American influence on Kiev." Leverage the U.S. has ", - noted the diplomat. First Chapter the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov U.S. Secretary of state John Kerry met in Vienna and agreed to make contacts in Ukraine more substantive. At the end of June, the leaders of Russia and USA Vladimir Putin and Barack Obama spoke by phone and discussed the state of bilateral relations and exchanged views on the implementation of the Minsk agreements on Ukraine." in this context, the presidents agreed that in the near future, assistant Secretary of state Victoria Nuland and Deputy head of the foreign Ministry Grigory Karasin will contact to discuss progress of implementation of these agreements ", √ noticed Then press Secretary Vladimir Putin, Dmitry Peskov. Relations between Russia and the U.S. have deteriorated due to 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 States that have entered against her punishment: USA, EU, Canada, Australia and Norway.