On December 22, 2023 Ryabkov the said in an interview with ''Interfax'' new agency that Russia will not feel safe until there is a generational change in the leadership of the United States and [[NATO]]; he spoke about the "comatose" state of Russian-American relations and their prospects and how [[diplomatic]] relations with the United States is not a totem or sacred cow to be worshipped. The United States should not have the illusion that Russia is holding on to diplomatic relations with both hands. | On December 22, 2023 Ryabkov the said in an interview with ''Interfax'' new agency that Russia will not feel safe until there is a generational change in the leadership of the United States and [[NATO]]; he spoke about the "comatose" state of Russian-American relations and their prospects and how [[diplomatic]] relations with the United States is not a totem or sacred cow to be worshipped. The United States should not have the illusion that Russia is holding on to diplomatic relations with both hands. |