In his April 13 telephone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin
Not since the early 1980s – when the Soviets fought a war of aggression in Afghanistan, secretly deployed SS-20 missiles against Europe and Japan, walked out of nuclear arms talks in Geneva, pressured Polish leaders to declare martial law and shot down KAL flight 007 from New York City to Seoul – have relations been so tense.
What are the main reasons?
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A foundational issue is Russia’s 2014 military invasion of Ukraine, the first use of force to seize territory in Europe since World War II. Russia seized and annexed Crimea and waged a simmering war in eastern Ukraine. Moscow’s interference in the 2016 and 2020 U.S. presidential elections and its large-scale cyberattacks are frontal assaults on U.S. sovereignty. The U.S. and the United Nations condemn Russian combat air attacks on civilian targets in Syria.
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The Kremlin's top spokesman said Monday that President Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin are planning for a summit this summer to be held at an undetermined third country, meeting at a time when Moscow's relations with the U.S. and the West have badly deteriorated.
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