The Russian leader, skilled at keeping several steps ahead of his adversaries, announced he would not retaliate in kind against the Obama administration for imposing new sanctions and expelling Russian diplomats from the United States.
[…] the question is whether the mutual admiration pact will open new chapters on issues like Syria, Ukraine, the Middle East, the future of NATO and the development of new classes of nuclear weapons.
The question is whether Trump and Putin can work a trade: a relaxation of tensions in return for a relaxation of the sanctions that have helped cripple the Russian economy since the U.S. …read more
Source: San Francisco Chronicle
