FILE - In this Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2013 file photo Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov looks on at the start of the two days of closed-door nuclear talks on at the United Nations offices in Geneva, Switzerland. The senior Russian diplomat has advised U.S. officials to engage in yoga practices and watch comedy series to ease what he has described as their irrational fixation on punishing Russia over Ukraine. Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov’s comments to the Interfax news agency Thursday, April 3, 2014, reflected simmering tensions between Moscow and Washington over Russia’s annexation of Crimea. (AP Photo/Fabrice Coffrini, pool) The Associated Press