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The US and Russia were not allies at first- why

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Answer: The United States government was initially hostile to the Soviet leaders for taking Russia out of World War I and was opposed to a state ideologically based on communism. However, the Soviet stance on human rights and its invasion of Afghanistan in 1979 created new tensions between the two countries.

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