WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration is showcasing what it sees as one of its main foreign policy successes, warmer relations with Russia.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev is scheduled to visit President Barack Obama at the White House on Thursday for modest, low-key talks.
While Obama struggles with problems in Afghanistan, the Middle East and elsewhere, administration officials point to signs that efforts to reset relations with Moscow have delivered tangible results. Among them are Russia’s support for sanctions against Iran and the signing of a major nuclear treaty.
Conservative critics see Obama as too conciliatory to Russia and point to unresolved disputes over Moscow’s human rights record and missile defense.
