MOSCOW - A senior Russian diplomat accused the United States on Dec. 8 of trying to bring down President Vladimir Putin with the sanctions it has imposed on Moscow over the crisis in Ukraine. Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov told parliamentary deputies that ties between Moscow and Washington were in a very deep chill and were likely to remain so if the sanctions remained for a long time.
Russia's War Against Ukraine
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Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov speaks during a press conference on June 28, 2014 in Damascus during an official visit in the Syrian capital. \"Russia will not stand idle\" toward the offensive of militants, led by the jihadist Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), declared Ryabkov.
