On Monday President Barack Obama and his contender Mitt Romney will have an interesting foreign policy debate where we will get to see who can do a better job not answering questions, but undoubtedly, Russia is likely to feature in at least a few questions. In this recent article by Ariel Cohen, we see some of the lines along which we can expect Romney to attack the president.  What will Obama’s response be?

Since Putin’s return to the Kremlin, a crackdown is on its way in Russia, conveniently ignored by the Obama administration. Free from concern about a serious U.S. response, corruption and abuse of power in Russia continue to rise as well.