MOSCOW, June 4. /TASS/. The situation in Russian-US relations does not yet give much reason for optimism, Russian Presidential Aide Yury Ushakov said in an interview with the Moscow.Kremlin.Putin program, a fragment of which was posted on its host Pavel Zarubin’s Telegram channel on Sunday.

"So far, there's no improvement in sight. You know the state of affairs on the Russian-American track - it does not cause much optimism," the diplomat said in reply to a question.

Earlier, Ushakov noted that Moscow and Washington continued to contact on certain issues, but only "from time to time". In particular, there is dialogue on the diplomatic front, including the visa situation, as well as through special channels - on the exchange of prisoners.