![]() ![]() “Politicians and ordinary people often have different agendas,” said Susanna Emirali, a young advertising producer. An agreement is in the works to fix that particular stand-off, but it shows the real world impact of diplomatic wrangling on ordinary people. travel visas and green cards now have to apply in Warsaw. embassy cutting 75 percent of staff in Moscow and no longer processing visas, meaning Russians wanting U.S. Tit-for-tat diplomatic spats have led to the U.S. In those intervening months, Moscow has accused Washington of “fueling tension” over Ukraine, gas pipelines, Navalny, and hacking. When Levada asked the same question in May, only 31 percent said the U.S. That message is increasingly falling on deaf ears.Ī study published this week by the Levada Analytical Center showed that for the first time in years more Russians think positively than negatively about the U.S.-by 45 percent to 42 percent. ![]() If you follow the local-state-owned-TV stations in Russia, you are constantly warned that a new war is on the horizon that Russia will bravely stand up to the West and that America is the real enemy. ![]()
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