A central promise of President-elect Donald Trump’s foreign policy is that he will forge a working partnership with Russia, turning an adversary into an ally in combating terrorist networks overseas and other global threats that bedeviled President Barack Obama.
France’s two leading presidential candidates oppose sanctions against Moscow, threatening to upend Europe’s strategy for containing Russia’s military assertiveness.
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