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... don't look now Russian President Vladimir couldn't is growing as an issue in the twenty sixteen presidential campaign ... this is in large part because of things that are happening on the ground around the world that involve Russia ... the US is suspended discussions with the Russians over ceasefire in Syria because the Russians seem to be only escalating their military help to the Syrian government of President Assad ... in their moves to take over the ... city of Aleppo which the Syrian rebels have control the least in part over the last few months ... back to be a very vicious ... and very bloody fight and that is something is can be stepping up during the course of a presidential campaign ... at the same time the Russians are being accused of hacking Democratic Party computers ... that through the trouble a obviously people in the Democratic Party but in some ways people on both sides the aisle ... in addition President Putin recently said ... he made his suspended from in which the U S and Russia ... have agreed to jointly term weapons grade called Tony and into fuel so that you turn into more nuclear weapons ... these are all troubling signs ... aam and they have people in both parties talking about the problem of Russia and how the next president's going to handle it ... the interesting twist on that ... came during the vice presidential debate on Tuesday night when Mike pence the Republican nominee struck a much tougher tone on whatever prudent and Donald Trump the Republican nominee has ... let me nieces ... and ... America is stronger ... than Russia conomy is sixteen times larger than the Russian economy ... America's political system is superior ... to crony ... corrupt capitalist system in Russia in every way ... this is quite different tone than the one Mr Cropp has news when you talk about his ability to get along with flatter recruiting in his desire to have a good relationship with flattery a prudent thing today that you've become friends in the United States he's going to change his mind ... on some of the scheme possibly it's possible I don't know man possible to have any impact if he says great things about them was the great things about him the interesting test may come on Sunday night in the next presidential debate when in doubt Alito be questions about this ... and in the third presidential debate which is likely to be focused on national security issues ... and the question is will bottle crop now strike the same sort of tougher tone against Russia the Mike pence did in the vice presidential debate ... or will he be called to testify that Democrats for not having done so ...