Russia, US move past Cold War to unpredictable confrontation - CNNPolitics.com - 0 views
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It's an outright conflict.
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Washington publicly accused the Kremlin of cyberattacks on election systems and the democracy itself last Friday.
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The whole hysteria is aimed at making the American forget about the manipulation of public opinion,"
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Putin wants to limit America's world leadership role, curb what he sees as an American inclination for "regime change," and show that Russia too can use military force to achieve foreign policy goals.
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Moscow abruptly left a nuclear security pact, citing US aggression, and moved nuclear-capable Iskandar missiles to the edge of NATO territory in Europe
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Recent incidents include harassment of US diplomats in Moscow and Russian claims that its foreign service officers are badgered in the US, several occasions
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"These are nuclear disarmament, the fight against terrorism, the prevention of an environmental disaster,
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Lavrov called it "ridiculous" to suggest that "Russia is interfering in the United States' domestic matters."
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ollowed a typical pattern of a slow escalation and a mutual understanding on both sides when it was time to stop.
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Russia understands they have another couple of months until January where nothing much is going to happen, and why not take advantage of that