Update (April 1): Apparently, the U.S. and Russia will sign a ‘strategic framework’ document during Bush’s upcoming visit to Sochi this Sunday. Do they have April Fool’s Day in Russia? Putin: “We strongly support the eastward expansion of NATO and the establishment of missile defense on our border and, please, allow us to give you our oil and gas at a subsidized discount rate…..PSYCHE!!!”

Recently, Pres. Bush sent a letter to Pres. Putin, which put him in a good mood, about the way forward for U.S.-Russia relations (The Ivanov Report blogged about this here). In this video, Sec. Rice discusses the state of U.S.-Russia relations with the editorial board of the Washington Times: