The news agency recently quoted the Russian Business Consultation (RBC) radio news reports that the Kremlin spokesman Peskov said on 24 local time that despite the U.S. attempts in recent months to rebuild relations between Russia and the United States, the results of the settlement between the two sides were "near zero".

¡°This process is slow, very slow,¡± Peskov said in an interview, ¡°in that regard, the performance is close to zero.¡±

According to U.S. cable news network on September 8, U.S. President Donald Trump said on September 7 that he was ready to implement a second phase of sanctions against Russia. According to the Russian news agency on September 8, in response to U.S. statements on strengthening sanctions against Russia, Peskov said that the "unprecedented number of sanctions imposed on Russia so far has no effect".