In two thousand and nine, the obama administration announced what it called a reset between the us. And russia. Then secretary of state hilary clinton met with russia's foreign minister,. The cameras were flashing. Clinton handed him a red button with a word on it. That word in russian was supposed to say recet, but it was actually the wrong translation.
The Russian president has come to rely on a skewed version of history and an increasingly small circle of advisers. Journalist Marvin Kalb explains what that means for the war in Ukraine.
This episode was produced by Victoria Chamberlin, edited by Matt Collette, engineered by Efim Shapiro, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, and hosted by Noel King.
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