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The US official statements are often extremely tough and sometimes even
bellicose but, like it or not, Russia is an international actor a dialog is inevitable with.
National Security Adviser (NSA) John Bolton, a known anti-Russia hawk, visited Moscow on Oct.22-23.
He never sounds friendly but the intensity of his contacts with Russian officials is impressive enough. It was the third time in four months he held talks with high-placed Russian officials, including a five-hour conversation with the Russian counterpart and talks with defense and foreign ministers. Before the recent visit, he came to Moscow in June and met Secretary of the Russian Security Council Nikolai Patrushev in Geneva.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has been
invited to visit Washington in early 2019. The invitation has not been yet formally accepted and the scheduling is still to be ironed out. Before that the Russian and US leaders will meet in Paris at the WWI Victory centenary commemorations on November 11. This meeting will be special.
A very important event - the US midterm election on Nov.6 - may change the background. If Republicans win or retain the majority in both houses, President Trump will go to Paris relieved of a heavy load with his position much strengthened. No more talks about an impeachment caused by "Russiagate".
Comment: To paraphrase what Patriarch Kirill himself declared a little time before the schism issue: End Times coming, so don't get all revolutionary!
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- The political and ideological attacks on the Orthodox Church and Russia
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