"We have vastly different hopes and expectations, as far as the U.S.-Russia relationship is concerned, in Moscow and Washington. What we need, however, is to manage this troubled relationship -- we don't want this relationship to go out of control."

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Source : "Russian premier arrives in Washington to thaw Kosovo chill". www.cnn.com. July 26, 1999.

Dimitri Simes

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