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===Relations under Barack Obama===

===Relations under Barack Obama===

[[File:Targeted sanctions.jpg|right|300px|thumb|'''Targetted Sanctions:''' After the [[US]] illegal [[Maidan coup|coup in Ukraine]], Putin committed the unpardonable [[sin]] of embarrassing [[Barack Obama]] by thwarting [[NATO]] efforts to swize the Sevastopol Naval Base in [[Crimea]].]]

[[File:Targeted sanctions.jpg|right|300px|thumb|'''Targetted Sanctions:''' After the [[US]] illegal [[Maidan coup|coup in Ukraine]], Putin committed the unpardonable [[sin]] of embarrassing [[Barack Obama]] by thwarting [[NATO]] efforts to seize the Sevastopol Naval Base in [[Crimea]].]]

President [[Barack Obama]] and Secretary of State [[Hillary Clinton]] initially cozied up to Putin, charging the Bush administration was intent on reigniting the [[Cold War]]. However, once the [[Rosatom-Uranium One deal]] was completed and the [[Clinton Foundation]] pocketed millions of dollars from Putin cronies in donations and speaking fees, relations began to sour as the Obama administration could no longer ignore geopolitical realities. Putin had protested the Obama administration's illegal drone strikes, and the administration placed [[Magnitsky Act|sanctions on Russian leaders]] ostensibly in retaliation for the Crimean referendum.<ref>https://youtu.be/I-9aD45qxbE</ref>

President [[Barack Obama]] and Secretary of State [[Hillary Clinton]] initially cozied up to Putin, charging the Bush administration was intent on reigniting the [[Cold War]]. However, once the [[Rosatom-Uranium One deal]] was completed and the [[Clinton Foundation]] pocketed millions of dollars from Putin cronies in donations and speaking fees, relations began to sour as the Obama administration could no longer ignore geopolitical realities. Putin had protested the Obama administration's illegal drone strikes, and the administration placed [[Magnitsky Act|sanctions on Russian leaders]] ostensibly in retaliation for the Crimean referendum.<ref>https://youtu.be/I-9aD45qxbE</ref>