Question

why do some experts say that relations between the U.S. and russia are worse than they've been in decades

Answer 1

Tensions between Russia and the United States are probably at their lowest point since the 1973 Arab-Isreali war, Russia's UN ambassador has claimed.

Vitaly Churkin likened the situation to the October of that year, when a coalition of Russia-backed Arab states, led by Syria and Egypt, attacked areas occupied by US-backed Israel