The State Duma assessed the prospects for lifting US anti-Russian sanctions

Russia is currently not making any progress in the process of lifting US sanctions, and the dialogue between Moscow and Washington itself sounds neutral. Svetlana Zhurova, First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs, said this on Thursday, June 4.

The day before, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, describing the attitude of the American authorities towards Russia, said that Russia still remains a challenge for the United States, according to the website. kp.ru . He said that the White House administration is working on a bill providing for the introduction of new sanctions against Russia. 360.ru .

According to Zhurova, the countries stopped at a neutral dialogue because of the US problems in the Persian Gulf. She added that contacts with the American side are continuing, meetings and possible solutions are being prepared at the executive level, but no one has publicly announced the lifting of sanctions yet.

The politician admitted that US politicians will look at whether it is beneficial for them before the congressional elections, analyze everything, and then decide whether they can or not lift anti-Russian sanctions.

"If it's profitable, then everything will happen very quickly. If there is an understanding that this is controversial, they will not change anything before the elections," the parliamentarian explained in an interview with Lenta.En on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF).

Conversation in fragments: Russia and the United States are in regular contact to normalize relations

At the same time, the pace of communication has noticeably decreased, the Foreign Ministry acknowledged.

Rubio said earlier in the day that it was necessary to maintain diplomatic contacts between Washington and Moscow and continue the bilateral dialogue. The Secretary of State stressed that the issue of resolving the Ukrainian crisis and relations between the two countries should be considered separately.: The United States is interested in achieving a peaceful solution through negotiations, while it needs to maintain cooperation with Russia as one of the largest nuclear powers in the world.