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Topic 5 – Article 1http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2015/05/13/as-us-warms-to-russia-canada-stays-chillywalkom.htmlAs U.S. warms to Russia, Canada stays chilly: WalkomBy: Thomas Walkom National Affairs, Published on Wed May 13 2015Washington is signalling it wants tomend fences with Russia. With anelection looming, Canada’s governmentremains obdurate.Canada's Foreign Minister RobNicholson, left, and Ukrainian ForeignMinister Pavlo Klimkin lay flowers at amonument to honour victims of theGreat Famine in Kiev, Ukraine, on May11. Nicholson has reiterated Canada’shard line against Moscow, noting,“Russia has shown it simply cannot betrusted."The cold war between Russia and the U.S. is easing. The cold war between Canada and Russia isnot.On Tuesday, American Secretary of State John Kerry spent four hours with Russian PresidentVladimir Putin in the Black Sea resort of Sochi. Kerry told reporters later that it was thebeginning of new dialogue. He thanked Putin for giving him so much time.The Russians too said the talks were “useful and positive.” They presented Kerry with a giftbasket of potatoes.Publicly neither side spoke about Russia’s annexation of Ukrainian Crimea. Kerry did, however,took the unusual step of chiding the Ukrainian government — for suggesting it might try toretake a rebel-occupied airport.Meanwhile in Kyiv, Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Rob Nicholson stuck to the old script. Hemet Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko. He visited a military hospital. He reiterated Canada’shard line against Moscow.“Russia has shown it simply cannot be trusted,” he said.Theoretically, the West presents a united front against Russia. Theoretically, it decries Russiaannexation of Crimea as well as Moscow’s support for separatist rebels in Eastern Ukraine.Theoretically, the West is unified in its decision to apply economic sanctions against Russia untilPutin ends any interference in Ukraine.22