There are certainly a number of reasons that the U.S.-Russia “reset” appears to have fallen apart. These are two big countries with lots of conflicting national interests, such as in Syria, where Russia supports the Assad regime but the U.S. opposes it. The Russian government has been getting worse on human rights and political freedoms, to protests from Washington. And officials from both have had plenty of “blunt exchanges” and “animated exchanges,” adding a touch of personal animosity to the diplomatic setbacks.
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