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Isolation complication? US finds it's hard to shun Russia
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FILE - In this handout photo provided by the Turkish Presidency, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, left, shakes hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin during their meeting, in Tehran, Iran, July 19, 2022. The Biden administration likes to say that Russia is now isolated internationally because of its invasion of Ukraine. Yet its top officials are hardly sitting lonely and isolated in the Kremlin and now the U.S. wants to talk. - photo by Turkish Presidency via AP, File
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration likes to say Russia has become isolated internationally because of its invasion of Ukraine. Yet Moscow's top officials have hardly been cloistered in the Kremlin. And now, even the U.S. wants to talk.