麻豆约拍

If you think back to election night last November and Mr Trump's moment of victory, parties were thrown in swanky Moscow cafes, and the State Duma held a standing ovation. They had exactly the outcome they wanted. Yet this week, Mike Flynn's contacts with the Russian ambassador led to his downfall, while the Defence Secretary, James Mattis, said he had no doubt Moscow had been interfering in American affairs. That wasn't much of a honeymoon, was it? So what do the Russians make of it all? Our man in Moscow is Steve Rosenberg.

Photo: Russian dolls depicting Presidents Putin and Trump at a souvenir stall in St Petersburg on Donald Trump's inauguration day
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