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‘Poor range of bilateral relations is main Russia-US problem’

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Published 17 March, 2009, 15:28

Russia and the US co-operate on international issues like Afghanistan and non-proliferation but as for economy and trade they have practically no bilateral relations, political analyst Ekaterina Kuznetsova tells RT.

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