Amid increasingly fraught cross-Atlantic relations, Russian President Vladimir Putin sent a public New Year’s greeting to President Obama and President-elect Donald Trump.
In a post Friday on Russia’s official Twitter account, Putin sent a “New Year greeting to President Obama & his family, also to President-elect @RealDonaldTrump & American people.”
Putin typically sends a New Year’s greeting to the President, but this year’s message comes at one of the worst moments in U.S.-Russia relations since the Cold War.
Vladimir #Putin: I offer New Year greetings to President Obama & his family, also to President-elect @realDonaldTrump & the American people! pic.twitter.com/Jmj8u5LvrQ
— РоссиЯ
