On Wednesday, Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov will have their first face-to-face meeting on the sidelines of the Arctic Council gathering in the Icelandic capital of Reykjavik. This meeting comes amid a tense period in US-Russia relations defined by sanctions, countersanctions, accusations and deflections. Host Carol Hills speaks with Alina Polyakova, the president and CEO of CEPA — the Center for European Policy Analysis.
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