但此次重启基本上是由奥巴马和梅德韦杰夫的个人关系推动的。 在2012年普京开始其第三个任期前，俄罗斯总统是梅德韦杰夫。
But this reset was largely facilitated by the personal ties between Obama and Dmitri Medvedev, who served as President for four years before Putin returned in 2012 for a third term.