MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin said in a July 4 message to President Barack Obama that he hopes that the ties between the two countries will get back on track. Relations between Moscow and Washington hit a post-Cold War low in 2014 when Russia annexed Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula and threw its weight behind separatists in eastern Ukraine. The Kremlin, however, has recently sought to seek rapprochement with the United States.
Associated Press: July 4th message from Putin to Obama – Let’s have better ties
Russian President Vladimir Putin arrives to attend the State Prize awards ceremony marking the 'Day of Russia' at the Grand Kremlin Palace in Moscow, on June 12, 2016.
