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Putin’s spies set for American return

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During both of his administrations, President Donald Trump has placed a premium on improving relations with Russia and President Vladimir Putin.

Part of that effort involves bringing diplomacy between Moscow and Washington back to normal levels. Tensions over the last decade greatly reduced the respective U.S. and Russian diplomatic presence in each other’s countries. In response to Russian interference in our 2016 election, former President Barack Obama at the end of his second term expelled numerous Russian diplomats, many of them suspected spies, while shutting Russian diplomatic facilities in several locations, including New York and San Francisco.

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