**On the roster: Is Russia part of the West? IS RUSSIA PART OF THE WEST? So in that sense, that would make Russia part of “the West.”But despite what Trump’s critics have claimed, the president wasn’t talking about the West as the Christian world. So if Russia isn’t part of the West – sorry Peter I and Catherine II – then what shall the West do about Russia? Despite onetime dreams of Russia joining the American sphere of influence and even becoming part of NATO, deep alliance with a power as secretive and mistrustful as Russia is probably not the case.

Source: Fox News July 07, 2017 17:56 UTC