During the briefing, Price was asked to evaluate the trips of Russian President Vladimir Putin to Iran, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu to Turkey and the African tour of Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.

“It becomes clear that Russia is aware that its actions lead to the fact that it becomes an outcast,” RIA Novosti quotes the words of the representative.

He added that there is little concern in the US about who the Russian side is talking to.

Earlier, the press secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov expressed disagreement with the statements of the White House about the growing isolation of Russia.

Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said that Russia cannot be isolated because the country is inextricably linked to the whole world.