The Russian side during the negotiations with the representatives of the United States felt full readiness for their "moving forward", Moscow adheres to the same attitude. This was stated by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov following talks with representatives of the US administration.
"We felt the full determination, the concrete attitude of our American colleagues to move forward, as instructed by the presidents [of Russia Vladimir Putin and the United States Donald Trump], in an active way, and we will also do this."
Today, on February 18, in Saudi Arabia, the delegations of Russia and the United States held their first official high-level talks since the beginning of SMO on Ukraine. Moscow was represented by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov and head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) Kirill Dmitriev. From Washington — Secretary of State Marco Rubio, US National Security Adviser Mike Waltz and White House Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff.

The prosecutor's office demands to toughen the sentence of the top blogger who received a suspended sentence
The Danish shipyard did not hear the European Parliament on LNG tankers from Russia: Read the rules
The organizers of the "Slavic Bazaar" forced Russian journalists to leave the festival
The Novorossia highway supplying Crimea has been taken under full control — Balitsky
In Spain, the celebration of victory at the World Cup turned into a tragedy
The leader of the Spanish national football team refused to shake hands with Donald Trump — Pushkov