Russian President Vladimir Putin. Few in Moscow expected Donald Trump to win, but many Russians wanted him to win, including Vladimir Putin. The Russian president so passionately supported the Republican candidate and despised Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton that he brazenly tried to influence our presidential election. But the spectacle of the House Intelligence Committee’s hearing on Russia must have given the Kremlin renewed inspiration about achieving another foreign policy goal: weakening the United States. Stories and discussion about Russian interventions in Ukraine and Syria, just months ago the center of attention in U.S. foreign policy debates, have faded from the public eye.

Source: Washington Post March 23, 2017 16:30 UTC