MOSCOW. April 16 (Interfax) - It would be wrong to speculate on U.S. Ambassador to Russia Jon Huntsman's contacts with the Russian Foreign Ministry, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov told reports in Moscow on Monday.
"I do not comment on the content of diplomatic correspondence or communication with U.S. colleagues. I do not know how the so-called sources have obtained such information, and I believe it is wrong to speculate on such matters," Ryabkov said when asked to comment on relevant media reports.
"We always tell the Americans that their attempts to alter our course of action with sanctions or a threat of sanctions are doomed to fail but so far, regretfully, our American colleagues have not learned from this reality and many years of this experience," Ryabkov said.