In May 2012, the American ambassador to Russia, Michael McFaul, accompanied a senior White House official to a meeting with Vladimir V. Putin at the then-president-elect’s country estate. Midway through the discussion, Putin turned directly to McFaul and berated him for trying to ruin United States-Russia relations. In “From Cold War to Hot Peace,” McFaul recalls wondering, “Why was one of the most powerful men on the planet so obsessed with an American diplomat?”
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FIFA President Gianni Infantino (FRONT) speaks as Russian President Vladimir Putin (C), First Vice President of the Russian Football Union Nikita Simonyan (L) and former Danish footballer Peter Schmeichel (R) look on during a meeting with world football legends at the Kremlin in Moscow on July 6, during the 2018 Russia World Cup tournament.
