President Vladimir Putin said on April 17 that trust between Russia and the United States had been damaged before the crisis in Ukraine, but that he wanted to restore their cooperation. "To a certain extent trust has been lost, but we do not think we are to blame," Putin said in a televised phone-in with the nation.
Reuters: Putin says trust lost in ties with U.S. before Ukraine crisis
Russian President Vladimir Putin says it was U.S. hypocrisy that had brought relations to their worst level since the Cold War.
