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'Some Americans still stuck with Cold War mentality'

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Published 04 March, 2009, 10:11

There are grounds to hope that Russia-US relations will improve, says writer Richard Sakwa, an expert in the field of Russian and Eastern European politics.

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Still, in America there are forces, that argue a need for a “neo containment” strategy against Russia, a comeback for Cold War mentality.

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