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Sen. Richard C. Shelby (R-Ala.) led the eight-member delegation on a multiday tour of St. Petersburg and Moscow, a journey that incorporated meetings with Russia’s overseas minister and parliamentarians. It did not include a session that senators had been hoping for: a conference with Putin, whom President Trump is scheduled to satisfy at a summit this month.

Signing up for Shelby had been Sens. Steve Daines (R-Mont.), John Hoeven (R-N.D.), Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), John Kennedy (R-La.), Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) and John Thune (R-S.D.), and Rep. Kay Granger (R-Tex.).

Users of the delegation set off on their vacation late final 7 days promising to be tough with Russian officers ahead of the president’s check out, especially on issues of election interference. But they struck a conciliatory tone at the time there: The point of their take a look at, Shelby stressed to the Duma leader, was to “strive for a superior relationship” with Moscow, not “accuse Russia of this or that or so forth.”

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