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Russia commends US decision to pull thousands of troops from Germany

By Haley Victory Smith
Published July 30, 2020 3:58pm ET
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Russia commends US decision to pull thousands of troops from Germany
Kremlin press secretary Dmitry Peskov talks to a reporter in New York, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2016. In careful phrasing befitting the spy he once was, Vladimir Putin has made it clear he expects a great deal from President-elect Donald Trump. And, the billionaire businessman may expect a transactional relationship with Putin. | (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Russian officials said they are pleased that nearly 12,000 U.S. troops will be leaving Germany.

“The less American [soldiers] there are on the European continent, the calmer it is in Europe,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told CNN.

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