Russia is ready to work with any U.S. leader - elected by the U.S. people – who is willing to engage in "equitable, mutually respectful dialogue," Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday, Paralel.Az reports citing Reuters.

He noted, during a news conference at the United Nations, that during former U.S. President Donald Trump's administration there was still dialogue underway despite serious U.S. sanctions on Moscow.