The lack of regular dialogue between Russian and US lawmakers is creating problems in bilateral relations, Russian Federation Council's Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Konstantin Kosachev said at a meeting with US experts on arms control.
The senator noted that from Russia’s standpoint, the lack of regular dialogue between lawmakers in many ways provokes problems in bilateral relations.
He stressed that Russia had many times expressed readiness to resume dialogue but received no response.
Kosachev recalled that the US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations and the Senate Committee on Finance would soon hold a hearing on Russia, presumably to consider additional measures to exert economic and financial pressure on the country.
"We will once again watch our US colleagues discuss Russia without us," TASS cited him as saying.
According to Kosachev, US lawmakers had a shallow understanding of Russia’s domestic and foreign policies.
