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This dossier documents the United States relationship with Russia.

Important notice:
We are in the process of rebuilding our dossiers with statements and other documents issued by the new Administration.

Please use the tabs to access the three sections of this dossier:

Tab 1 lists US priorities with regard to Russia, major USG statements, latest USG statements, USG fact sheets, and USG reports. 

Tab 2 lists nonofficial reports, journal articles, and other documents.

Tab 3 provides a set of links to major web sites.

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USG Reports

Congressional Research ServiceRussia-Georgia Conflict in South Ossetia: Context and Implications for U.S. Interests

 

Congressional Research ServiceRussian Political, Economic, and
Security Issues and U.S. Interests

 

Congressional Research ServiceRussian Energy Policy Toward
Neighboring Countries

 

Congressional Research ServiceRussia’s Economic Performance and Policies and
Their Implications for the United States

 

Congressional Research ServiceRussian Oil and Gas Challenges

 

 

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Strategic Assessment of
U.S.-Russian Relations A hearing in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

 

Congressional Research ServiceDemocracy in Russia:
Trends and Implications for U.S. Interests This CRS Report, discusses the national security problem of russia’s role in weapons proliferation and issues related to the U.S. policy response, including legislation, since the mid-1990s.

 

Congressional Research Service

Nuclear Arms Control:
The U.S.-Russian Agenda. This CRS report discusses recent issues in U.S.-Russian arms control.

 
 

Major State Department Reports on russia

US Government Reports Icon State Background Note: russia

US Government Reports Icon 2008 Religious Freedom Report for Russia

US Government Reports Icon 2007 Russia Human Rights Report

US Government Reports Icon 2007 Human Trafficking Report

 

The United States Policy towards Russia: A Dossier

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, right, is all smile with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov after presenting him a device with a red knob during their meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, Friday, March 6, 2009. (AP Photo/Fabrice Coffrini, Pool)
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, right, is all smile with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov after presenting him a device with a red knob during their meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, Friday, March 6, 2009. (AP Photo/Fabrice Coffrini, Pool)
 

Key U.S. Policy Priorities

bullet Georgia: The Georgia crisis is the latest example of a Russia that has become “increasingly authoritarian at home and aggressive abroad,” says Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. “Our strategic goal now is to make it clear to Russia’s leaders that their choices are putting Russia on a one-way path to self-imposed isolation and international irrelevance,” Rice said in a September 18 address in Washington to the German Marshall Fund.

bullet Cooperate in multilateral initiatives: 

  • Six-Party Talks on North-Korea: "to implement the September 18, 2005, agreement to remove nuclear programs from the Korean Peninsula." 
  • P5-plus-one-group: "To convince Iran to stop developing nuclear weapons."
  • Quartet: "promoting Israeli-Palestinian peace"

bullet Combat Nuclear Terrorism: The United States and Russia have been cooperating on a variety of projects to secure nuclear materials against theft or attack by terrorists especially where nuclear warheads are located. [...] By 2008, efforts to improve nuclear security through the U.S.-Russian Bratislava Initiatives will be near fruition, including safety at Russian naval and Strategic Rocket Forces sites and buildings. Additionally, hundreds of metric tons of nuclear material will be secured.

bullet World Trade Organization (WTO): "Vladimir and I are pleased to report that after a long set of negotiations, Representative Gref and Ambassador Schwab have signed agreements that will be good for the United States and good for Russia -- and that is we support Russia's accession into the WTO." said President Bush after meeting Russian President Putin in Hanoi.

bullet Cooperate on energy: "Cooperation on energy issues remains an area of great promise for U.S.-Russian relations. We will work further to realize the vision for our energy cooperation in all aspects described in our statement in May 2002, including through the mechanisms of the Commercial Energy Dialogue and the Energy Working Group." said President Bush and President Putin in a joint statement."   In september 2008, President Bush has withdrawn a U.S.-Russian civil nuclear cooperation agreement that was under consideration by Congress.

bullet Democracy and Human Rights: With the understanding that Russia plays an important role in issues critical to U.S. national security, Bush will raise U.S. concerns “in the way he thinks best to encourage the type of positive movement in Russia that we think is needed to advance the consolidation of democracy in Russia and also produce the type of Russia that will have the strength, the flexibility, and the reliability to be a good partner for the United States.”
 

 

Major US Government Statements

A select list of major statements On the United States and Russia with policy value.

Latest US Government Statements

The five most recent statements in reverse chronological order. 

US Government Fact Sheets

The five most recent fact sheets.

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