JUDY WOODRUFF: Russia is stepping up pressure on the United States to regain two diplomatic compounds seized in New York and Maryland.
President Obama ordered them seized in December in response to Russian meddling in the 2016 election. Today, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov called it highway robbery, and his deputy held a high-level meeting at the State Department.
Nick Schifrin has been following the story, and he joins me now in the studio.
So, Nick, why are the Russians so interested in these two compounds?
NICK SCHIFRIN: What officials on both sides are talking about is bilateral irritants.
So these are the compounds. These are …read more
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