Kosachev assessed the prospects of Russia's relations with the United States

The Federation Council does not rule out any scenarios for the further development of bilateral relations with the United States: from the most positive to the most negative, Konstantin Kosachev, Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council, told Izvestia.

Oncoming traffic: Russia and the United States have taken another step towards normalizing relations

Is Matvienko's trip to Istanbul related to the Russian-American talks

"We will, of course, make every effort to consolidate the current trends. We will react if any reversals begin again from the opposite side in a direction unfavorable for Russia," he said.

According to Kosachev, efforts from both sides will be required to maintain the dialogue, and they are being made now. He noted that the initiator of problems in international relations in recent years was not Russia, and therefore the initiative to eliminate them should come from those who provoked them, that is, from the West.