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Russia had viewed the planned missile shield as a military threat. Vladimir Putin said the decision was "correct and brave". In March, 2010, the U.S. and Russia agreed to reduce their nuclear arsenals. [5] In May 2010, major powers including the U.S., China, and Russia agreed on sanctions against Iran. Three days later, the Obama administration ...
2015: The U.S. and Russia resume military relations to increase fighting against the Islamic State on September 18. 2015: Obama and Putin meet in New York to discuss ways to combat the Islamic State on September 28–29. 2015: The U.S. and Russia sign a deal to avoid air incidents over Syria on October 20.
Media billed the summit as a contest between U.S. President Barack Obama, trying to garner support for military action, and Russian President Vladimir Putin in opposition to any such action. [6] 11 countries signed a U.S.-authored statement blaming and condemning the Assad government for the attacks and calling for a "strong international ...
Vladimir Putin believed that Russia was being demeaned on the international stage by a series of scandals he publicly attributed to the United States, such as the Olympic doping scandal and the Panama Papers. Putin sought to use the leaks of politically damaging material in the US as a method of tarnishing the image of the United States. [16]
After Russia's military intervention in Syria in 2015 and the alleged interference [115] in the 2016 election campaign in the U.S., relations between the Russian government and Obama administration became more strained. In September 2016, the U.S. government publicly accused Russia of "flagrant violations of international law" in Syria. [116]
Putin has also spoken of the need for Moscow to be given security guarantees. Russian forces are advancing at the fastest pace in at least a year in Ukraine and control about one fifth of the country.
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin sacked four deputy defence ministers on Monday and appointed a relative to fill one of the resulting vacancies. The reshuffle marked the latest ...
Putin has raged against NATO’s steady expansion toward Russia’s borders for more than a decade. He appears to have decided that the alliance’s deepening relationship with Ukraine, which is ...