“WITH THE U.S. PRESIDENTIAL TRANSITION UNDERWAY, VLADIMIR PUTIN HAS SAID IN RECENT DAYS THAT HE WANTS TO IMPROVE RELATIONS WITH THE UNITED STATES,WE SHOULD PLACE AS MUCH FAITH IN SUCH STATEMENTS AS ANY OTHER MADE BY A FORMER KGB AGENT WHO HAS PLUNGED HIS COUNTRY INTO TYRANNY, MURDERED HIS POLITICAL OPPONENTS, INVADED HIS NEIGHBORS, THREATENED AMERICA’S ALLIES AND ATTEMPTED TO UNDERMINE AMERICA’S ELECTIONS.”