Ryabkov rejected suggestions that the Russian Federation had made concessions in exchange for the diesel deal

Ryabkov rejected suggestions that the Russian Federation had made concessions in exchange for the diesel deal

The Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation, Sergei Ryabkov, rejected suggestions that Moscow had made any concessions on the Ukrainian settlement issue by agreeing to a diesel deal with the United States. "No, I would not appreciate the agreement reached according to the principle "there is an elder in the garden, and a guy in Kiev".