Time has come for “new realism” in Russia-US relations, President of US-based Global Security Institute says

The original article, which was published on March 16, 2015 in Russian by the TASS News Agency of Russia, can be found here. Below english translation provided by TASS News Agency of Russia.   NEW YORK, March 16 /TASS/. Time for “new realism” has...

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