Russian Reset
The Russian reset was an attempt by the Obama administration to improve relations between the United States and Russia in 2009–2013. Symbolic reset On 6 March 2009 in Geneva, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton presented Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov with a red button with the English word "reset" and the Roman alphabet transliteration of the Russian Cyrillic alphabet word перегрузка ("peregruzka"). It was intended that this would be the Russian word for "reset" but actually was the word for "overload". (The correct translation would be перезагрузка perezagruzka") Additionally, the button switch was the type commonly used as an emergency stop on industrial equipment. Hillary Clinton was later praised by the Russian diplomats for resolving the issue politely, stating her team's good intentions. Lavrov and Clinton pushed the button simultaneously. Substantive reset Prior to the reset, US-Russia relations had been hurt by the 2008 Russo-Georg ...
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Lavrov And Clinton Reset Relations-1 (cropped)
Lavrov (russian: Лавро́в), or Lavrova (feminine; Лавро́ва) is a Russian surname and may refer to: *Alexander Lavrov (1838–1904), Russian metallurgist *Andrey Lavrov (b. 1962), Soviet/Russian handball goalkeeper and the only three-times Olympic handball champion *Andrey Lavrov (statesman) (1886–1936), Soviet statesman *Georgy Lavrov (1896–1967), Soviet architect *Kirill Lavrov (1925–2007), Soviet actor and People's Artist of the USSR *Mikhail Lavrov (1799–1882), Russian rear-admiral and Arctic explorer *Nikolai Lavrov (1802–1840), Russian baritone opera-singer *Pyotr Lavrov (1823–1900), Russian theorist of narodism, philosopher, publicist, and sociologist *Pyotr Lavrov (academician) (1856–1929), Russian/Soviet philologist and academician *Sergey Lavrov (b. 1950), Foreign Minister of Russia since 2004 *Svyatoslav Lavrov (1923–2004), Soviet scientist in the field of mechanics and applied mathematics *Viktor Lavrov (1925–1943), Soviet soldier and Hero o ...
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