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Russian reset
The Russian reset was an attempt by the Obama administration to improve relations between the United States and Russia in 2009–2013.
On March 6, 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.
Prior to the reset, U.S.–Russia relations had been hurt by the 2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis in Ossetia, leading to Immediate Response 2008 by the Bush administration and later the Russo-Georgian War. In private, several Obama administration officials expressed doubts about the reset and were concerned that it was overly optimistic, particularly Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and U.S. ambassador to Russia John Beyrle.
In July 2009, Russian president Dmitry Medvedev announced that U.S. forces and supplies could pass through Russian airspace on their way to Afghanistan. On September 17, 2009, U.S. President Barack Obama announced that the U.S. was dropping the Bush administration's plan to build a missile defense shield in Eastern Europe. Russia had viewed the planned missile shield as a military threat. Vladimir Putin said the decision was "correct and brave". In March, 2010, the U.S. and Russia agreed to reduce their nuclear arsenals.
In May 2010, major powers including the U.S., China, and Russia agreed on sanctions against Iran. Three days later, the Obama administration cancelled sanctions against the Russian state arms export agency, which had been sanctioned for exporting arms to Iran.
In response to the adoption of the Magnitsky Act in 2012, the Russian government passed the Dima Yakovlev Law, which prohibited Americans from adopting Russian children, and issued a list of U.S. officials barred from entering Russia.
At the 2015 Munich Security Conference, then-Vice President Joe Biden specified the substantive progress, and setbacks:
[...] once we pressed that reset button in 2009, between then and 2012, we achieved a great deal in cooperation with Russia to advance our mutual interests and I would argue the interests of Europe—the New START Treaty that reduced our strategic nuclear arsenal by one-third; a vital supply route for coalition troops in and out of Afghanistan; at the United Nations Security Council, resolutions that pressured North Korea and Iran and made possible serious nuclear discussions in Tehran, which continue as I speak.
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Russian reset
The Russian reset was an attempt by the Obama administration to improve relations between the United States and Russia in 2009–2013.
On March 6, 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.
Prior to the reset, U.S.–Russia relations had been hurt by the 2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis in Ossetia, leading to Immediate Response 2008 by the Bush administration and later the Russo-Georgian War. In private, several Obama administration officials expressed doubts about the reset and were concerned that it was overly optimistic, particularly Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and U.S. ambassador to Russia John Beyrle.
In July 2009, Russian president Dmitry Medvedev announced that U.S. forces and supplies could pass through Russian airspace on their way to Afghanistan. On September 17, 2009, U.S. President Barack Obama announced that the U.S. was dropping the Bush administration's plan to build a missile defense shield in Eastern Europe. Russia had viewed the planned missile shield as a military threat. Vladimir Putin said the decision was "correct and brave". In March, 2010, the U.S. and Russia agreed to reduce their nuclear arsenals.
In May 2010, major powers including the U.S., China, and Russia agreed on sanctions against Iran. Three days later, the Obama administration cancelled sanctions against the Russian state arms export agency, which had been sanctioned for exporting arms to Iran.
In response to the adoption of the Magnitsky Act in 2012, the Russian government passed the Dima Yakovlev Law, which prohibited Americans from adopting Russian children, and issued a list of U.S. officials barred from entering Russia.
At the 2015 Munich Security Conference, then-Vice President Joe Biden specified the substantive progress, and setbacks:
[...] once we pressed that reset button in 2009, between then and 2012, we achieved a great deal in cooperation with Russia to advance our mutual interests and I would argue the interests of Europe—the New START Treaty that reduced our strategic nuclear arsenal by one-third; a vital supply route for coalition troops in and out of Afghanistan; at the United Nations Security Council, resolutions that pressured North Korea and Iran and made possible serious nuclear discussions in Tehran, which continue as I speak.