Even with new US sanctions, Kremlin still betting on Trump
(WorldNews Europe)

MOSCOW (Tribune News Service) - Even after the U.S. announced new sanctions against Russia last week that sent the ruble into a tailspin, the Kremlin isn´t holding it against Donald Trump. Instead, top Russian officials are hoping the U.S. president may yet be able to deliver on his promises of improving relations - or at least head off pressure growing in Congress for even more Draconian sanctions, according to officials and others close to the leadership. `The Kremlin understands Trump´s logic and that the reaction of the markets and the public is excessive because nothing terrible has happened,` said Andrey Kortunov, head of the Russian International Affairs Council, a research group set...