> American journalists offered a way to bring Moscow and Washington to a mutual understanding. This is the so-called "informal contacts", which were invented even during the Cold War between the USSR and the US, according to the National Interest
Then programs for the exchange of scientists, students and teachers were practiced. This allowed both countries to understand the importance of ending the arms race and the need to avoid a nuclear conflict. Now Russia and the United States express mutual distrust and a lack of interest in dialogue, since the first place is a public discussion of "Moscow's interference" in the election of the American president in 2016.
This situation is dangerous not only for the US, but for the whole world, observers say. And now Moscow and Washington should deepen such contacts, which are now limited due to "mistrust and toxic political climate."
Earlier, Pravda.Ru reported that US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said that Washington had no illusions about the "regime" in Russia, but would establish relations with it .
Tillerson wrote in his article for the New York Times that "the United States now has a bad relationship with a resurgent Russia that has invaded neighboring Georgia and Ukraine over the past decade and has undermined the sovereignty of Western countries by interfering in elections in the US and other countries."
According to him, there can be no talk about restoring relations with Moscow without settling the situation in Ukraine. Tillerson sees a chance for the parties to implement the Minsk agreements by Russia.
And at the same time, America declared Russia an economic war , so there will be no lifting of sanctions, Pravde.ru told the American, Vladimir Vasilyev. Our "answer to Chamberlain" is already ready, the expert believes.
The American administration has very subtly shifted the priorities from the Cold War to the economic war, Vasilyev added, explaining that Washington's main task is to bankrupt the competitor and bring it to ruin.In this regard, according to the expert, "it is clear that one of the most important issues for the United States will be Russia's economic isolation."
