The awkward gifts the U.S. and Russia give each other

When diplomats meet, sometimes they bring gifts designed to showcase their country and welcome their counterpart. For U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, however, these gifts sometimes appear to send not-so-opaque messages. Take the gifts given on Tuesday when Kerry arrived in Sochi, Russia, for a meeting with President Vladimir Putin. It's an important meeting […]









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