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Russia’s institution of a ban on American adoptions of Russian orphans, an appalling response by the Duma to U.S. sanctions against officials involved in the Sergei Magnitsky case,1 was a clear indicator that bilateral relations will assume a lower priority in the next 4 years for both capitals. Russian President Vladimir Putin signed the measure despite open misgivings by some of his own key aides and against the opposition of most of Russia’s civil society. The Russian Internet response was scathing, producing an instant winner for best sick joke of 2012: “An educated American family has decided to adopt a developmentally disabled Duma deputy.”

Document Type

Policy Brief

Region(s)

Europe/Euro-Atlantic

Topic(s)

Great Power Competition, Strategic Competition, National Security

Publication Date

3-2013

Publication

Strategic Forum

Publisher

National Defense University Press

City

Washington, DC

Keywords

Russia-U.S. relations, strategic challenges with Russia, U.S.-Russia cooperation and competition, Missile defense and EPAA, strategic stability and nuclear arms, bilateral security cooperation, great power interactions, Russia foreign policy and security, Obama administration strategy, Russian military posture

Russia Still Matters: Strategic Challenges and Opportunities for the Obama Administration

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