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Obama to Trump: Keep Russia sanctions separate from nuclear talks


WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama urged President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday to keep separate the issue of economic sanctions on Russia from the pursuit of talks to reduce nuclear stockpiles.
Trump, who takes office on Friday after winning the Nov. 8 election, said in an interview with the Times of London published on Monday that he would propose offering to end sanctions on Moscow in return for a nuclear arms reduction deal.
Obama’s administration imposed the sanctions in 2014 after Russia’s annexation of the Crimea peninsula from Ukraine.
“Russia continues to occupy Ukrainian territory and meddle in Ukrainian affairs,” Obama told reporters during his …read more

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