Vladimir Putin was bound to test Donald Trump at some point. But few thought it would happen so fast.In the wake of President Barack Obama’s decision to expel dozens of Russian diplomats and impose new sanctions on Moscow for allegedly interfering in the 2016 election, Putin said Friday that he would not reciprocate with similar measures aimed at the Americans. Instead, the Russian president said his country would “take further steps to restore the Russian-U.S. relations taking into account the policy that will be pursued by the administration of President Donald Trump.”On the one hand, Putin is dissing a lame-duck …read more
Source: POLITICO – U.S. Edition