Did Kerry plan's failure hand Putin the Middle East?
Russia has ignored the 2006 decision by the Quartet not to engage in contacts with Hamas until it renounces violence, suggesting another move by Moscow to fill the vacuum left by the United States in the region.
![RUSSIA-PALESTINIANS/ Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (C) meets with representatives of Palestinian political parties and movements in Moscow, Russia, January 16, 2017. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin - RTSVQQQ](/sites/default/files/styles/article_hero_medium/public/almpics/2017/01/RTSVQQQ.jpg/RTSVQQQ.jpg?h=f7822858&itok=-aKK4L26)
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