Washington • The conclusion of the special counsel’s investigation into Russia’s meddling in the 2016 election has created a “slightly improved environment” that will help further U.S.-Russia relations, America’s ambassador to Russia, Jon Huntsman, said in an interview.
“The estrangement which we’ve experienced in the bilateral relationship has gone on too long,” Huntsman told Public Radio International’s The World. “And the estrangement can lead to bad conclusions — always assuming the worst in the other, which is long term, I think, potentially extremely dangerous. So opening up new channels that, maybe, this kind of slightly improved environment will allow us to do I think would actually be a good thing.