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Russian relations could get worse before they get better, the deputy director general of a prominent security think tank has said. Professor Malcolm Chalmers, from the Royal United Services Institute, highlighted how diplomatic links between the two countries are currently at "the lowest point" since the end of the Cold War.
Sir Andrew Wood, 78, believes Trump's cordial approach to diplomacy with Vladimir Putin at their summit in Helsinki may arouse suspicion about his motives and connections to the Kremlin. The diplomat played a role in the US intelligence agency investigation into the "Trump dossier", a sensational report containing salacious claims about the US president compiled by former M16 agent Christopher Steele.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov announced Thursday that Moscow is expelling 60 U.S. diplomats. Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP hide caption Days after President Trump ordered the expulsion of 60 Russian officials from the United States and the closure of the Russian Consulate in Seattle, in response to the nerve agent attack of a Russian ex-spy and his daughter in the U.K., Russia has responded in kind.