Economics
Russia Urges Trump to Keep Pledge on Relations Amid Crimea Row
- Ruble slides after Trump says Crimea ‘taken’ in Obama’s term
- Kremlin rejects allegations Trump team met with Russian spies
How Does Trump Administration View Russia?
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Russia called on U.S. President Donald Trump to live up to his pledge to improve relations, amid growing unease in Moscow that he may not lift sanctions imposed over the crisis in Ukraine.
“Crimea was TAKEN by Russia during the Obama administration. Was Obama too soft on Russia?” Trump said on Twitter Wednesday. Senior officials in Moscow had earlier criticized White House spokesman Sean Spicer for saying on Tuesday that the president expects Russia to “return” the Black Sea peninsula annexed from Ukraine in 2014.