High Hopes for the Minsk Agreement
Lesson Brief
BBC Russian Service
Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov once again met to discuss that war in Eastern Ukraine and the pull-back of heavy artillery in according with the Minsk-II agreement. Both sides kept to diplomatic language and hope that the cease-fire will be fully implemented as soon as possible. Lavrov also addressed the murder of Boris Nemtsov and pledged that the Russing government would find the killer.
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- to carry out, to implement
- выполнять, выполнить
- positive, plus
- положительный
- agreement, convention, arrangement
- соглашение
- to turn around, to turn back
- оборачиваться, обернуться
- meticulous, thorough, rigorous
- тщательный
- tangible, palpable
- ощутимый
- reconstruction, restoration, recovery
- восстановление
- squad, detachment
- отряд
- agreement, understanding
- договоренность
- report
- доклад