Smyth: With the email issue, you have two U.S. government agencies saying that Russia was responsible for the hacks

(IDS) In what many commentators are calling one of the most heated elections in the nation’s history, one issue remains cold: Russia. 

United States relations with Russia are reminiscent of Cold War tensions, said Regina Smyth, associate professor of political 
science. She said both major party candidates, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, are not good choices when it comes to their stances toward Russia.