Russia, US maintain highly intensive contacts at administration level — MFA

TASS · 🇷🇺 public Russia · May 16, 2026 · 205 words

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What to know about Russia, US maintain highly intensive contacts at administration level — MFA

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov stated that Moscow and Washington are maintaining intensive high-level administrative contacts. He noted that while dialogue continues through various channels, progress remains slow and difficult.

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What happened

Moscow and Washington are maintaining highly intensive contacts at the level of their administrations, and intergovernmental dialogue is proceeding through numerous channels, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov told journalists.

Why it matters

"Contacts with the US at a high level, at the level of the administrations, are proceeding very intensively and continuously," he said, noting that Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio "set their schedules strictly…

Common ground

"When the need arises, a conversation takes place.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 4 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov told journalists”

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Wikipedia confirms Sergey Ryabkov is the Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation. Multiple web results confirm he makes statements to journalists and officials regarding foreign policy.

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web search NEUTRAL — Sergei Alexeyevich Ryabkov is a Russian diplomat, currently serving as the Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation since 2008.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergei_Ryabkov

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web search NEUTRAL — Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov stated that Moscow is prepared to engage in negotiations aimed at ending the war in Ukraine. “We are ready to negotiate seriously and responsibly,” he sa…
https://indianexpress.com/article/world/russia-willingness-n…

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web search NEUTRAL — Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov - REUTERS.Russia’s foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova did not provide any evidence, but claimed law enforcement agencies had evidence of the us…
https://www.yahoo.com/news/lammy-condemns-desperate-russian-…

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Claim 2: “intergovernmental dialogue is proceeding through numerous channels”

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Similar to claim 0, this specific phrasing is found in the report citing Sergey Ryabkov. Other sources mention general talks (Reuters), but do not use this specific terminology regarding 'numerous channels'.

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web search NEUTRAL — The United States and Russia maintain strategic foreign relations since the establishment 1991, a continuation of the relationship the United States has had with various Russian governments since 1803…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia–United_States_relations

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web search NEUTRAL — Russia and US to hold new talks on Thursday in Turkey, Lavrov says.
https://www.reuters.com/world/kremlin-says-russia-us-are-pre…

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web search NEUTRAL — On September 27, 2018, Yale's Program in Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies, and the Poynter Fellowship for Journalism hosted Vladimir Pozner, the a...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8X7Ng75e5gQ

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Claim 3: “Moscow and Washington are maintaining highly intensive contacts at the level of their administrations”

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The claim is explicitly stated in a report attributed to TASS/Ryabkov. While other sources mention general talks (Reuters), the specific phrasing regarding 'highly intensive contacts at the level of their administrations' appears only in the TASS-related result.

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web search NEUTRAL — Moscow and Washington are maintaining highly intensive contacts at the level of their administrations, and intergovernmental dialogue is proceeding through numerous channels, Russian Deputy Foreign Mi…
https://tass.com/politics/2131763

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web search NEUTRAL — Russia and US to hold new talks on Thursday in Turkey, Lavrov says.
https://www.reuters.com/world/kremlin-says-russia-us-are-pre…

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Claim 4: “Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio "set their schedules strictly according to necessity"”

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The specific quote about scheduling 'strictly according to necessity' is reported by TASS, and a separate source confirms that Lavrov and Rubio held a phone conversation to discuss the 'schedule of bilateral contacts', corroborating the interaction and the topic of scheduling.

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web search NEUTRAL — While Lavrov acknowledged that Russia is in contact with the Ukrainian separatist rebels he denied US and EU allegations that Moscow sponsored the rebellion and accused the United States of aggravatin…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergey_Lavrov

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web search NEUTRAL — Sergey Ryabkov noted that Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio "set their schedules strictly according to necessity".
https://tass.com/politics/2131763

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web search NEUTRAL — Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov held a phone conversation with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, during which they discussed the international agenda, Moscow-Washington relations, and the sche…
https://sputniknews.in/20260505/lavrov-and-rubio-hold-talks-…

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