This week, Moscow has gone to unusual lengths to officially threaten the United States with freezing the relationship unless Washington begins to show genuine respect for Russia’s positions on major international issues and stops lecturing Russia on its domestic and foreign policy. Why was this criticism delivered in a rather undiplomatic manner on the day President Dmitry Medvedev named his new ambassador to the United States? Is it mere blustering, or does Moscow really mean it? Has this outburst been noted in the United States?
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