Russian President Vladimir Putin talks to U.S. President Barack Obama during a meeting on Sept. 5, 2016, at the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Hangzhou, China. On Thursday, Dec. 29, 2016, The U.S. ordered 35 Russian diplomats to leave the country within 72 hours, a sanction that is aimed to punish an alleged cyberhack into the 2016 U.S. presidential elections. (ALEXEI DRUZHININ/SPUTNIK/KREMLIN / EPA)