The lifting of sanctions against RDIF will be a good signal from the point of view of starting the process of easing sanctions against Russia in general, says Alexander Shukhin, head of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, authorized under the President of the Russian Federation to protect the rights of entrepreneurs. "Will we somehow succeed in removing the American sanctions? Let's see if Kirill Dmitriev (head of the RDIF) succeeds in removing the sanctions from the RDIF, or at least suspending their effect for a certain foreseeable period, this is a good signal," he told reporters. The fact of the negotiations on the lifting of the sanctions with RDIF was confirmed last week by the assistant of the President of Russia Yuri Ushkov.