Quote Originally Posted by OUTLAW 09 View Post
While the article reads nicely and is footnoted and quotes all...they missed the key answer facing them directly so to say....

Putin does not want to formalize anything with the US....he actually views the US is at war with the Russian state and wants the demise of Russia...via regime change.....Putin and his inner circle fully believe this and have stated such since 2006...

Besides Putin views the US has the main driven behind neo liberalism so why provide "the enemy" with anything that looks like a FP win in Russian US relations....

The recent Russian PR photo op in the WH was the example of a well thought through Russian info war success...
I forgot that you are the one and only Kremlinologist, and that all others including Baev, Galeotti and Goble are only correct when and where they concur with your opinions.