A year ago President Obama treated Russian president Dmitry Medvedev to lunch at Ray’s Hell Burger in Arlington, Virginia. “Obama ate a traditional cheeseburger, while Medvedev added jalepenos, mushrooms and onions to his,” the Washington Post reported at the time. “The pair shared an order of fries, according to the White House.”

It was a very cute outing that seemed to signify close relations between the two men and, thus, their respective countries. No doubt a victory of Obama’s much touted “reset” with Russia, the president’s boosters might say.