Blog 9: Russian and U.S. Relations.

For this week’s article, the State Duma Parliament in Russia held a hearing about the United States’ authoritative role in international human rights protection. Russia suspects that the U.S. is using human rights as a reason to meddle in various foreign affairs. The Foreign Ministry stated that it was Russian authorities’ job to keep an eye out for any policies made by the U.S. that may be used to intervene in their affairs and the affairs of other sovereign nations. Another factor concerning this issue is the upcoming election and both President Obama’s and Gov. Romney’s view on the tension between the U.S. and Russia.

The U.S. has always taken upon it itself to help improve or restore conditions in countries experiencing some sort of trouble or conflict. The U.S. has also taken precautions to prevent overstepping its boundaries. Many countries are accepting to U.S. interference and others like Russia feel that they are intruding. Russia also accused the U.S. of meddling into Russian elections. On top of everything else, Russia refused to renew old policies incorporated with the dismantling of nuclear weapons. This set relations back a bit as it brought up old conflict topics. There are discussions between both sides for the outcome of the refusal of the policy, but little progress is expected to be made.