During a telephone conversation, Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel discussed the possibilities of Russian gas transit through Ukraine in 2020 and the implementation of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project, reports the Kremlin's press service.

Putin and Merkel also positively assessed the Normandy Four Summit, which was held in Paris on December 9.

Also, the leaders discussed the situation in Libya. According to the report, the parties noted the need to …

French President Emmanuel Macron will attend the Victory Day celebrations in Moscow on May 9, said the French Ambassador to Russia Sylvie-Agnès Bermann in an interview with Echo of Moscow radio station.

"The president said that he will attend the Victory Day in Moscow on May 9," she said.

According to the diplomat, Macron has already given a positive answer.

Russian-American relations are in a "deep crisis", and the visit of Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to the United States had not affect, said the press secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov, Radio Liberty reports.

"In terms of bilateral relations we are in such a deep crisis that even an important visit of such a high ranking minister as Lavrov cannot reverse the trend," he said.

At the same time, Peskov claims that there were some "very positive conversations between Donald …