Office for the battle with drugs of the United States refused to comment on the impact of sanctions the United States on the Russian Federation on the intensity of police cooperation between the 2 countries.

" Office for the battle with drugs refuses to submit comments on this issue, " he said Wednesday Last news Employees of the U.S. Department.

in March, the head of U.S. President Barack Obama said on expanding punishments towards Russia. The amount included in the new sanctions list, published on the Internet office of the U.S. Treasury made the head of the State anti-drug Department, the Director of the Federal drug control service of Russia Viktor Ivanov. Before he and competent authorities many times spoke on the issue of this prohibition.

Thus, in March the office for cooperation with the public and media of the Federal drug control service said that the ban Chapter FDCS of entry into the United States " breaks long-term successful and fruitful cooperation in the fight against drugs ". Later Ivanov himself, however, noted that he is ready to continue cooperation with the United States, despite the punishment. According to him, the problem of drugs is equally important for all countries.

on its part, the Commissioner of the state security Council at the White house Caitlin Hayden on Wednesday agreed to the Agency that a number of common operations, as well as several meetings with the participation of Russian bureaucrats, who are under the effect of the punishment of the capital of the United States, to the present time is finished." As we have stated before, due to the continuing violations of Russia's sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine, we stopped a number of bilateral meetings with (representatives) of the Russian Federation, and among them Mr. Ivanov, " said Hayden.

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