With flattery and warnings, Russia tries to revive 'spirit of Alaska' with U.S.
Briana Lupea
Two months after a smiling Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin shook hands at a military base in Alaska in what looked like the start of a U.S.-Russia rapprochement, a top Russian diplomat has raised doubts that the "spirit of Alaska" is still alive. For Russia, the Anchorage summit on Aug. 15 had two goals: to persuade the U.S. president to lean on Ukraine and Europe to agree to a peace settlement favorable to Moscow, and to encourage a rapprochement in U.S.-Russia ties. Russian Deputy Foreign
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