[ti:Russia Orders Big Cut in US Diplomatic Staff in Moscow]
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[00:00.20]Russia has called on the United States to show "political will"
[00:07.64]to improve relations between the two countries.
[00:12.96]The comment comes one day after Russian President Vladimir Putin
[00:20.00]ordered large cuts in the number of people working at the U.S. Embassy.
[00:27.92]Putin ordered the United States to reduce its diplomatic workers in Russia by 755.
[00:38.80]Dmitry Peskov is a Russian government spokesman.
[00:43.52]He said Monday, "We are interested in a steady development of our ties
[00:50.72]and are sorry to note that we are still far from that."
[00:57.12]Peskov said the reduction of diplomatic staff
[01:01.40]ordered by Putin could include Russia citizens.
[01:06.64]But it is still likely to require big reductions
[01:11.16]in U.S. personnel at the U.S. embassy in Moscow.
[01:17.20]Putin made his announcement in a Russian television interview on Sunday.
[01:23.68]He acted after U.S. officials said President Donald Trump
[01:29.70]would sign into law legislation that places additional sanctions on Russia,
[01:36.84]and two other countries: Iran and North Korea.
[01:42.52]The bill was approved by large majorities
[01:46.27]in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives.
[01:51.28]Putin said on Russian state television Sunday,
[01:55.28]"We had hoped that the situation will somehow change,
[02:00.60]but apparently if it changes, it won't be soon.
[02:06.04]I thought it was the time to show that we're
[02:10.08]not going to leave it without an answer."
[02:14.64]Putin said that Russia is open to working with the U.S.
[02:19.60]on issues such as terrorism and cybercrime.
[02:24.60]But he said it "only hears" false charges of Russian interference.
[02:31.96]Russian experts said Putin had hoped for better relations with the Trump administration
[02:39.28]than he had with former President Barack Obama.
[02:44.52]Obama had ordered reductions in Russian diplomatic staff
[02:49.72]to punish Russia for interfering with the 2016 U.S. elections.
[02:57.16]Congressional and FBI investigations into possible connections
[03:02.76]between Trump's campaign and Russia have made it more difficult
[03:08.67]for Trump to move for improved relations.
[03:13.56]Michael O'Hanlon is a foreign policy expert for the Brookings Institution,
[03:20.16]a Washington think tank.
[03:22.76]He said, "President Trump himself is already using far tougher words
[03:29.60]toward Russia than he did as a [presidential] candidate.
[03:34.04]O'Hanlon also said Trump's top security experts are taking a hard line against Russia.
[03:43.36]Former U.S. ambassador to Russia, Michael McFaul, said the new Russian sanctions
[03:50.52]will likely mean longer waits for Russians to obtain visas to travel to the United States.
[03:59.08]"If these cuts are real, Russians should expect to wait weeks
[04:04.64]if not months to get visas to come to U.S."
[04:09.44]McFaul said on Twitter. He served as U.S. ambassador to Russia
[04:14.61]from 2012-2014 during the Obama administration.
[04:21.76]The sanctions bill passed by Congress places additional economic limits on Russian industries.
[04:30.68]Russia's economy has already felt the effects from sanctions put in place in 2014.
[04:39.44]Those restrictions were meant to punish Russia for its annexation
[04:45.00]of Crimea from Ukraine that same year.
[04:49.64]In early July, Putin and Trump met twice
[04:54.21]during a meeting of the Group of 20 leaders in Germany.
[04:59.48]During their first meeting, Trump said Putin denied
[05:04.44]he directed efforts to interfere with the U.S. presidential election.
[05:10.96]U.S. Vice President Mike Pence spoke in Eastern Europe Monday
[05:16.79]after the embassy staff reductions were announced by Putin.
[05:22.40]Pence said there is no bigger threat to Baltic States than Russia.
[05:29.44]He said Russia continues to try to change international borders by force,
[05:36.80]"undermine democracies" and "divide the free nations of Europe,
[05:42.80]one against another."
[05:45.36]Pence spoke in Estonia's capital, Tallinn,
[05:49.56]after meeting with leaders of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.
[05:56.00]I'm Ashley Thompson. 更多听力请访问21VOA.COM
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