Master contract Rosatom and the U.S. Department of energy remain in force, despite the complication of relations between Moscow and Washington, said on the first day of the weekend, the Russian Ambassador to the U.S. Sergey Kislyak.

" They remained in force. As in practice They currently are, I honestly, for the last time, did not attend, but to me not reached any information about what They were broken, " said Kislyak, answering the question How the development of relations between the US and Russia have an impact on the implementation of framework agreements on cooperation signed during the visit of the head of Rosatom Sergey Kiriyenko in the U.S. by the end of 2013.

Relations of the Russian capital and the capital of the United States worsened in connection with the situation in Ukraine. At the end of July the U.S. from a point penalties against private individuals and organizations turned to measures against sectors of the Russian economy.

According to the Ambassador, " As always happens in times of complications

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