Tensions between US, Russia continue to build

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (R) and US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson (L) shake hands after a press conference in Moscow Source: AAP Image/EPA/SERGEI CHIRIKOV

United States president Donald Trump has described relations between the United States and Russia as at an all-time low. He was speaking after frosty talks between Russian leaders and US secretary of state Rex Tillerson in Moscow.And it comes amid growing international pressure on Russia to abandon its support for the Syrian government.

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