{"id":4122,"date":"2025-12-31T17:34:55","date_gmt":"2025-12-31T18:34:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/?p=4122"},"modified":"2026-01-02T13:47:34","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T13:47:34","slug":"us-embassy-extends-new-years-greetings-to-russians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/31\/us-embassy-extends-new-years-greetings-to-russians\/","title":{"rendered":"US Embassy extends New Year\u2018s greetings to Russians"},"content":{"rendered":"

Charge d\u2019Affaires J. Douglas Dykhouse has spoken of \u201crenewal and hope\u201d amid Donald Trump\u2019s efforts to repair ties with Moscow<\/strong><\/p>\n

The US charge d\u2019affaires in Moscow, J. Douglas Dykhouse, has extended New Year\u2019s\u00a0greetings to the Russian people.<\/p>\n

In a video address posted on the Embassy\u2019s X account on Wednesday, Dykhouse spoke a few words in Russian, before switching to his native English and extending \u201csincere greetings to you and your families on behalf of the American people.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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\u201cThe spirit of this season invites reflection, renewal, and hope,\u201d<\/em> the US diplomat stated, adding that the \u201cturning of this new year offers a chance to move forward, to seek peace as mutual responsibility as well as benefit.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Dykhouse praised US President Donald Trump\u2019s efforts to reestablish dialogue with Russia in recent months \u2013 the kind of overtures that \u201chave laid the groundwork for continued engagement and negotiations,\u201d<\/em> the diplomat said.<\/p>\n

Speaking to reporters last Thursday, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov revealed that Russian President Vladimir Putin had wished a Merry Christmas to his US counterpart in a telegram.<\/p>\n

Last year, during the last days of then-President Joe Biden\u2019s administration, Putin refrained from sending any Christmas greetings to the White House, citing Washington\u2019s \u201cunfriendly\u201d<\/em> stance toward Moscow.<\/p>\n

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Amid the conflict in Ukraine and Western sanctions against Russia, bilateral relations between Moscow and Washington had all but come to a standstill by then.<\/p>\n

However, under Trump\u2019s leadership, the US has abandoned its confrontational approach, intensifying diplomatic contacts with the Kremlin.<\/p>\n

Putin and Trump have been engaged in active talks over settling the Ukraine conflict and reinvigorating bilateral relations in recent months, holding a high-stakes summit in Alaska in August.<\/p>\n

Earlier in December, the US government published its new National Security Strategy, which prioritizes resolving the Ukraine conflict to \u201creestablish strategic stability with Russia.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Commenting on the document, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova expressed cautious optimism, saying that it could lay the foundation for cooperation between Moscow and Washington.<\/p>\n

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, for his part, observed that at least some of the points outlined in Trump\u2019s National Security Strategy \u201cactually line up with our own vision.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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