sanctions in place ever since the civil war erupted in ukraine with the governments in kiev. accusing russia of military intervention into ukraine. something that the russians kind of continue to deny. so the sanctions were imposed not only by the u.s. but also by the european union. moscow wants to get past that. clearly, the russians wants to have a face-to-face meeting with president trump here in vietnam. and both sides were not able to come to a time for a bilateral meeting. the white house said that there were scheduling problems there. putin, more recently, has joked that the schedulers will be punished for that not taking place. but one of the problems that the kremlin has, in wanting to get past arguments over ukraine is that there is a great political backlash within the u.s., within