November 16, 1933, is a significant page in the history of Russian-American relations established back in 1807.

Eighty-nine years ago, People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs of the USSR Maxim Litvinov and U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt exchanged notes on the establishment of diplomatic relations between the Soviet Union and the United States.
This was preceded by an appeal of Franklin Roosevelt in October of the same year to Mikhail Kalinin, the chairman of the Central Executive Committee of the USSR. The American leader expressed his conviction that "relations between our peoples can forever remain normal and friendly, and from now on our countries can cooperate for mutual benefit and the preservation of world peace." The reply of M.Kalinin to F.Roosevelt read that "it is an extremely abnormal and deplorable situation in which, over the past sixteen years, the two great powers the United States of America and the USSR have experienced a shortage in conventional methods of communication and have been deprived of the advantages that it could bring".
Before that, there had been no official ties between our countries for a decade and a half after Washington refused to recognize the Soviet government in 1917.
As we can see, common sense and understanding of the importance of cooperation with the USSR prevailed in the minds of local elites at that time. The interest of the U.S. business community in our trade potential played a key role. The endurance of the foundation for cooperation was guaranteed by a shared position on countering Nazism in Germany, fascism in Italy and militarism in Japan.
November 16, 1933, became the "starting point" in the history of official cooperation between the two great powers that was tested on many occasions later. There were both heyday and "brotherhood in arms" as well as lengthy periods of tension and confrontation. Moreover, as history shows, the climate in bilateral relations has always been reflected in the "political weather" around the world.
After World War II, in which our states fought shoulder to shoulder against Nazis, we became the main guarantors of peace and global security. It was the USSR and the U.S. that played a decisive role in the establishment of the UN.
During the Cold War, the two countries managed to prevent a nuclear conflict at the dramatic moment of the Caribbean crisis, and then jointly laid the basis of strategic stability.
One cannot fail to mention the transition from rivalry to partnership in space exploration. In July 1975, the Soyuz and Apollo spacecraft docked under the Soyuz-Apollo international space program, which became the first large-scale event within the framework of Soviet-American space cooperation.
After the establishment of the Russian Federation, the leadership of our country did everything to build normal relations with the United States. However, instead of steps towards an equal and pragmatic cooperation, the Americans, imbued with the idea of their exclusivity, neglected our interests in every possible way and did not even conceal their plans to weaken Russia as much as possible.
It is Washington's fault that relations between the two countries are stalled without prospects for stabilization in the foreseeable future. It is time for American political elites to realize that it is useless to speak the language of force with Russia. For our part, we have never closed the door to dialogue. We are ready to return to normal cooperation but only on an equal basis and with due consideration of our fundamental security concerns.