“The conversation went much better than I expected. She was really frank, sustained in a benevolent manner. There were no attempts at moralizing, mentoring, which we sometimes see from our American colleagues, ”quotes Tassy Kosacheva.

He noted that the interlocutors managed to listen to each other and agree on maintaining contacts.

“We had a very difficult, but very open, frank and therefore extremely useful conversation. We stated that relations between our countries are at the lowest point in recent decades and that this causes mutual concern, ”the Russian senator emphasized.

Earlier, Politico reported that US Republican Senator Mike Lee received a Russian visa and will visit Russia from September 5 to 8 to meet with entrepreneurs and US Ambassador John Huntsman.