Lavrov: Financial crisis leading to greater U.S.-Russia cooperation

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov gave an interesting interview to Der Spiegel today. He expresses some optimism about relations between Russia and the United States, attributing the thaw to the need to address the financial crisis: The global financial crisis is forcing all countries to focus on the real problems. It’s actually a simple task….We [...]

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Mandelson’s mission to Moscow

It makes sense that the British government would want to smooth over relations with Russia by sending a cabinet minister to visit Moscow, the first such visit in over a year. But couldn’t the Brits have sent someone — anyone — other than Business Secretary Peter Mandelson, who is currently at the center of a [...]

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