US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson stated that Washington had no illusions about the “regime” in Russia, but the US
In his article published in The New York Times, Rex Tillerson wrote: “On Russia, we have no illusions about the regime we are dealing with. The United States today has a poor relationship with a resurgent Russia that has invaded its neighbors Georgia and Ukraine in the last decade and undermined the sovereignty of Western nations by meddling in our election and others.”
He continued with saying that restoring the relationship with Russia would be impossible without settling the situation in Ukraine.
The United States has been losing the status of the world’s leading power during the recent years, while Russia that remains under the burden of plenty of Western sanctions, has stepped into the club of superpowers. Russian President Putin has managed to achieve a lot while having access to limited resources.
“When you look at a country that has got the economic issues they have, has the demographic issues they have – very dependent on minerals and oil, has gone through no reforms – it’s very remarkable he has taken his place on the world stage in the way he has since 2012,” Republican Senator Bob Corker said. “He has got not much of a hand to play, and yet he has played it incredibly well. We’ve got to figure out a way to begin notching him back away from some of the nefarious activities he has been involved in,” he continued.