Russia And US Are On A Bad Break

The last time the relationship between the US and Russia was this bad Trump had been paying his taxes. Russia kicked off the week saying it was suspending a plutonium deal with the US that was intended to destroy weapons-grade plutonium and limit the number of nuclear weapons that each side has. The deal was signed in 2000, back when Putin was still a fresh new leader for Russia and George Bush was busy staring into his eyes. Russia claims that the US has been cheating under the deal and hasn’t actually been destroying the Plutonium. The US denies this. 

In related news, the US suspended bilateral talks with Russia over the future of Syria. John Kerry finally reached the conclusion that they weren’t going anywhere and that Russia, along with its Syrian ally, was doing whatever it wanted anyway. Unfortunately for the civilians of Syria, those talks were the best chance they had at a reprieve in the five-year civil war. It seems we will all have to wait until the US is done deciding which presidential contender will be responsible for invading Syria/Iraq/Libya before another crack at peace can be had.