David J. Kramer: Putin’s spell over John Kerry

US Secretary of State John Kerry (R) speaks with Russian President Vladimir Putin (C) during the opening ceremony of the World Climate Change Conference 2015 (COP21) at Le Bourget, near Paris, on November 30, 2015.
A head of Secretary of State John Kerry's planned visit to Moscow next week to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Ukraine and Syria, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov poured cold water on hopes of finding common ground with the United States.