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THOMAS GRAHAM ON REBUILDING US-RUSSIA RELATIONS Wednesday August 27 th , 2014  at  3:06 PM Russia: Other Points Of View 1 Share Dear Friends, Finally an article on the US-Russia relationship that sums it all up! Tom Graham, is currently the Managing Director at Kissinger Associates where he focuses on Russian and Eurasian Affairs. He was Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Russia on the National Security Council from 2004-2007 and has held many positions of importance in US-Russia relations in the US government since 1984.  We have had the privilege of meeting with him a number of times in the past and found his analysis always far ahead of his colleagues. The following is an amazing summation of what needs to be understood and put into real-time practice between the two countries.  A Russia Problem, Not a Putin Problem   Carnegie Corporation of New York Rebuilding US-Russia Relations http://perspectives.carnegie.or

Russia accused of sending 100 more tanks over the border into Ukraine, just hours after Vladimir Putin vowed to end bloodshed  - 8/27/2014  -  Let's be clear about this: Russia is invading Ukraine right now Wednesday August 27 th , 2014  at  2:36 PM Vox - All 2 Shares There are two things happening between Ukraine and Russia right now. First, Russian and Ukrainian leaders are meeting in Belarus to negotiate a peace deal in the Ukrainian conflict that Russia insists it has nothing to do with. Second, Russian military forces are crossing the border into Ukraine in what is clearly a hostile invasion and act of war. That includes Russian artillery, Russian tanks, Russian-trained irregular forces, and even uniformed Russian soldiers who have  admitted on camera  that they are Russian military ordered to invade by their commanders. But the first piece of that is obfuscating the second. Getting Russia to agree to a peace deal on Ukraine require