Meet Russia’s favorite congressman. He drunkenly arm-wrestled Putin to decide the Cold War.

Rep. Dana Rohrabacher finally has his moment in the sun. With the election of Donald Trump and with building relations with Russia as a foreign policy priority, Rohrabacher’s long-standing and often lonely efforts to do the same are suddenly bearing fruit, as our Robert Costa reports : Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, a Republican ally of President-elect Donald Trump and a longtime enthusiast of Russian President Vladimir Putin, said Wednesday that he is planning to lead a congressional delegation to Russia next month and expects to meet with Russian officials to discuss “how we can work with the Duma.”