Deputy Head of the Main Directorate for International Military Cooperation of the Russian Defense Ministry Viktor Shevtsov, Deputy Defence Minister Alexander Fomin, Head of the Russian General Staff Main Directorate Igor Kostyukov, Presidential Aide and head of the Russian delegation Vladimir Medinsky, Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin, Deputy Head of the Presidential Department for State Policy in the Humanitarian Sphere Elena Podobreevskaya and First Deputy Chief of the Information Directorate of the Russian General Staff Alexander Zorin attend a second round of direct talks between Russia and Ukraine at the Ciragan Palace in Istanbul, Turkey.
