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MOSCOW - It was a mere five years ago that smiling Kremlin officials welcomed President Obama’s ambitious bid to "reset" frosty bilateral ties between the U.S. and Russia. Today, the smiles are long gone. As Washington and Moscow face off over Ukraine in the biggest challenge to East-West relations since the Cold War, anti-Americanism is rocketing in Russia.

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