Though this could just as easily be a ruse or a feint by Russia it also makes sense for Russia to want to "Calm Down" the rhetoric with the U.S. Sanctions may be biting Russia more than most people like at this point. And don't forget people in Russia are just as scared as Putin's rhetoric threatens World Nuclear War as well. So, whether this is for real or not it will tend to make people's of the world breathe a little easier at least for now.
Russia calls for 'reset 2.0' with United States
Russian
Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Sunday said the situation in Ukraine
had improved following U.S.-imposed sanctions, and that as a result it
was time for a second "reset" moment between the two global powers.
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Russia calls for 'reset 2.0' with United States
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In a round of television interviews, Lavrov said Moscow was "absolutely interested in bringing the ties to normal," adding, however, that "it was not us who destroyed them." The U.S. and its partners accuse Russia of fomenting instability in Ukraine and of lawlessly annexing the Crimean peninsula, which led to stiff sanctions against Russian businesses.
"The current U.S. administration is destroying today much of the cooperation structure that it created itself along with us," Lavrov said. "Most likely, something more will come up — a reset no.2 or a reset 2.0."
Lavrov was referring to the Obama administration's infamous "reset" with Russia, in which then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton presented Moscow with a big red button. Due to a translating error, the button said "overload" and not, as intended, "reset."
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