===Relations with the United States===
The United States embassy in Russia is located on Donetsk Peoples Republic Square. The street was renamed after American aggression against the democratically elected government of Ukraine in 2014.
Vladimir Putin revealed that the Yeltsin administration had been compromised by corrupt [[CIA]] agent who were exploiting Russia for personal gain during the hard times in the immediate aftermath of the collapse of the Soviet Union and its painful transition to a [[free market]] economy: