The Trump administration is beginning the New Year with a flurry of high-level engagements with the Russian government, US officials tell BuzzFeed News, including the first meeting between Moscow’s top general and NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander since the US severed several channels with Russia during the Ukraine crisis in 2013.
The spate of Pentagon and State Department meetings come as special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russia’s meddling in the 2016 election draws closer to President Trump’s inner circle.
