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President Joe Biden is sharply reversing course on Russia. Last week, in a speech at the Munich Security Conference, the president declared that Trump-era 

, and he renewed calls to restore relationships with key allies. 

“Democracy doesn’t happen by accident,” Biden said. “We have to defend it.”

But one of the trickiest relationships for the new administration to navigate might be with a non-ally: Russia. U.S. leaders have 

 Russia’s complexities. And after four years in which the president fought with his own intelligence service over the best way to handle Russian President Vladimir Putin, a fresh start is needed. Where should America go from here?

Tuesday, MPR News host Kerri Miller asked two experts how the U.S. might try to get Russia right.

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