It didn’t take long for Russia to roll out the red carpet for Donald Trump. Lawmakers burst into applause when Trump’s shock victory over Hillary Clinton was announced in the country’s parliament Wednesday. Minutes later, President Vladimir Putin telegraphed his congratulations to the political neophyte who had gushed with admiration for the wily former KGB agent on the campaign trail. Putin and his team publicly welcomed the chance for new, more constructive relationship with the U.S. Yet Trump’s wild unpredictability — he’s warned he could order the military to shoot down Russian warplanes that buzz U.S. warships — and lingering doubts over whether he will be able to reverse years of what the Kremlin sees as entrenched anti-Russian policy in Washington temper the rejoicing in Moscow. Speaking in the Kremlin later Wednesday, Putin warned that “it won’t be an easy path” to restoring relations. Several Kremlin insiders — many […]