WASHINGTON — One year after President Obama rallied core allies to join the United States in punishing Russia for its bellicose ways, he will use a gathering Sunday of the world’s largest industrialized democracies to urge them to stand strong, and together, in isolating the Russian president, Vladimir Putin.
A recent visit by Secretary of State John Kerry to the Black Sea resort city of Sochi for a meeting with Putin — questioned even by some inside the White House — sharpened debate over the Obama administration’s stance, leaving the Russian president claiming a diplomatic triumph while U.S. officials scrambled to …read more
Source: San Francisco Chronicle
