The Russian Foreign Ministry is "open to continuing contacts" with the US State Department.

Axar.az informs this was stated by Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova at a briefing.

The Russian Foreign Ministry is "open to continuing contacts" with the US State Department.

The purpose of these contacts is "to specify the parameters of the Russia-US dialogue on various aspects of bilateral relations and further joint steps in the Ukrainian settlement process."

Moscow sees no significant obstacles to agreeing on the framework for a settlement in Ukraine that was discussed by Putin and Trump: "We see no significant obstacles to continuing the process initiated by the presidents of Russia and the US to agree on the political framework for a settlement in Ukraine and to fill it with concrete results."

Russia considers the US Treasury Department's sanctions against Lukoil and Rosneft to be counterproductive: "We consider this step to be exclusively counterproductive."

The US sanctions will not cause Russia any particular problems, as the country has "strong immunity" to Western sanctions.