OLIVIER DOULIERY Vladimir Putin

Vladimir Putin: WASHINGTON -- U.S. President Barack Obama said Friday he was reassessing the tense U.S. relationship with Russia because of a growing number of issues on which the two countries differ, and he called on Russian leader Vladimir Putin to "think forward as opposed to backward" and abandon a Cold War mentality. , according to Winnipeg Free Press. Those officials said they had made some tangible progress on the push for a political solution to the crisis in Syria, among other issues. OLIVIER DOULIERY / MCT Barack Obama: end Cold War thinking TRIBUNE MEDIA MCT Obama's comments at a White House news conference came two days after cancelling a planned summit with Putin next month. Meanwhile, Secretary of State John Kerry and Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel ended talks with their Russian counterparts to see where co-operation is possible. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.