Thomas Graham, Jonas Bernstein, Janine Wedel, Lilila Shevtsova, Donald Jensen, Wayne Merry and Yevgenia Albats

This April 2000 statement by Strobe Talbott, Deputy Secretary of State, outlines what the U.S. does and doesn't know about Vladimir Putin, and what aspects of his statements to date appear to correspond with U.S. interests and policy.

Chechnya and growing revelations of corrruption in Russia were the focal points of this October 1999 overview of America's Russia policy by Strobe Talbott, Deputy Secretary of State.