against moscow. a response in part to russian meddling in the u.s. election. questions about that investigation of russian activity have made headlines in russia. that nation's former ambassador to the u.s., sergei kiz lee ysl speaking about his side of the story. he said that they didn't discuss sanctions. let's get the latest live from russia. cnn's orin lieberman is in moscow this hour. mr. tillerson an lavrov set to meet soon. the sanctions are a big deal, but surely the u.s. sanctions against russia will be a sore spot of discussion. >> absolutely. both u.s. and russian officials have said that because of those sanctions, u.s./russia relations are at their lowest point in years, if not decades. in fact, it was secretary of state rex tillerson who made that exact point.