NEW YORK (United Nations). Jan 17 (Interfax) - Russia has not been discussing the lifting of U.S. sanctions with U.S. partners, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said.
"Sanctions are not a subject of dialogue; they have not been imposed by us, and it is not up to us to lift them. We have not been discussing criteria for lifting the sanctions. All those sanctions were imposed under far-fetched and unlawful pretexts," he told the press at the United Nations.