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Vladimir Putin revealed that the Yeltsin administration had been compromised by corrupt [[CIA]] agent who were exploiting ffor personal gain Russia's hard times in the immediate aftermath of the collapse of the Soviet Union and during its painful transition to a [[free market]] economy:

Vladimir Putin revealed that the Yeltsin administration had been compromised by corrupt [[CIA]] agent who were exploiting ffor personal gain Russia's hard times in the immediate aftermath of the collapse of the Soviet Union and during its painful transition to a [[free market]] economy:

{{quotebox-float|"in the mid-1990s, we had, as it later turned out, cadres of the US Central Intelligence Agency sitting as advisers and even official employees of the Russian government...They were later prosecuted in the United States for violating US law and taking part in privatization while they were CIA employees working for us...They lived and worked here…They didn’t need such subtle instruments of interference in our political life because they controlled everything anyway”.<ref>https://www.rt.com/russia/542786-kremlin-officials-warming-relations-cia/,/ref>}}

{{quotebox-float|"in the mid-1990s, we had, as it later turned out, cadres of the US Central Intelligence Agency sitting as advisers and even official employees of the Russian government...They were later prosecuted in the United States for violating US law and taking part in privatization while they were CIA employees working for us...They lived and worked here…They didn’t need such subtle instruments of interference in our political life because they controlled everything anyway”.<ref>https://www.rt.com/russia/542786-kremlin-officials-warming-relations-cia/</ref>}}

Ties between Moscow and Washington plunged to a post-Cold War low as Barack Obama slapped on sanctions over the Ukraine crisis and Russia's alleged meddling in Trump's election.<ref> [https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4237090/Mike-Pence-tells-security-summit-US-hold-Russia-accountable.html Mike Pence fires NATO warning at Vladimir Putin] - ''Daily Mail Online''</ref>  US Secretary of State [[Rex Tillerson]] said that US sanctions against Russia will remain in place until Moscow "reverses the actions" it has taken in Ukraine.<ref>[https://edition.cnn.com/2017/03/31/politics/rex-tillerson-russia-ukraine/ Tillerson: US to maintain Ukraine-related sanctions on Russia until Crimea is returned]</ref> In April 2017 Putin explained that the US-Russia relations have gotten worse under [[Trump]].<ref>http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/228064</ref>

Ties between Moscow and Washington plunged to a post-Cold War low as Barack Obama slapped on sanctions over the Ukraine crisis and Russia's alleged meddling in Trump's election.<ref> [https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4237090/Mike-Pence-tells-security-summit-US-hold-Russia-accountable.html Mike Pence fires NATO warning at Vladimir Putin] - ''Daily Mail Online''</ref>  US Secretary of State [[Rex Tillerson]] said that US sanctions against Russia will remain in place until Moscow "reverses the actions" it has taken in Ukraine.<ref>[https://edition.cnn.com/2017/03/31/politics/rex-tillerson-russia-ukraine/ Tillerson: US to maintain Ukraine-related sanctions on Russia until Crimea is returned]</ref> In April 2017 Putin explained that the US-Russia relations have gotten worse under [[Trump]].<ref>http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/228064</ref>