PARIS (AP) — The top U.S. and Russian diplomats are hoping to find a way to begin reversing a yearlong spike in tensions stemming from Ukraine's revolution and civil war when they meet Tuesday.
The formula for improved relations is simple — an easing of Western sanctions in exchange for an end to Russia's destabilization of its neighbor— though getting there has been far from easy.
When Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov gather in Paris, they will be following a familiar script, having conferred regularly since Ukraine's Moscow-backed leader backed out of an economic agreement with the European Union last year and sparked the protests that would lead to his ouster.
After a new government turned toward the West, Russia seized and annexed the Crimean Peninsula.
In the east, it has provided support for armed pro-Russian groups despite rising U.S. and European economic sanctions. Read more
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