Russia wants to avoid worse ties after US sanctions
Headline-grabbing cuts to the US diplomatic presence indicate that Moscow cannot afford more substantive retaliation
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- Growing disappointment
- Little surprise
- Economic realism
- Avoiding further harm
- Limited alternatives
- Economic imbalance
- Political responses
- Diplomatic drawdown
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_350.jpg "US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, right, with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Washington (Reuters/Yuri Gripas)")