Russia-U.S. Relations Do Not Fit the 2+2 Equation

... Trenin Interview Russia-U.S. relations are in decline but no one intends to bring them to a complete halt. Dmitry Trenin , Director of the Carnegie Moscow Center and member of the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC), shared his views on the Snowden case, U.S. President Barak Obama’s refusal to meet with President Vladimir Putin, and of the outcomes of the 2+2 meeting that brought together Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu, US Secretary of State John Kerry, and US Minister of Defense Chuck Hagel. Some experts claim that Obama’s refusal to meet with Putin ...