- Fri Apr 25, 2014 3:35 pm
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Even MSNBC got in on bashing the reset.
Exclusive: Putin Halts All Talks With White HouseHow is that reset with Russia going Obama?
As new U.S. sanctions against Russia loom, the Kremlin has shut down high level communications between top U.S. and Russian officials.
Since the invasion of Crimea, President Vladimir Putin and President Barack Obama have had regular phone calls in an often half-hearted attempt to deescalate the ongoing crisis inside Ukraine.
Putin has decided the interactions should stop. The Kremlin has ended high-level contact with the Obama administration, according to diplomatic officials and sources close to the Russian leadership. The move signals an end to the diplomacy.
“Putin will not talk to Obama under pressure,” said Igor Yurgens, Chairman of the Institute for Contemporary Development. Obama and Putin last spoke over the phone on April 14, Putin initially hung up after receiving the call from the White House asking him to hold for the President. Putin told his aides to let him know when President Obama was on the line, that he would not hold for him.
Even MSNBC got in on bashing the reset.
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