The White House said it expects to make progress with Russia during talks next week, but that some of Moscow’s proposals are “not viable.” The two countries have scheduled three sets of talks to take place in Europe. The meetings start on Jan. 10 in Geneva with talks between U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman and her Russian counterpart, to be followed by a meeting of the NATO–Russia Council two days later. Then on Jan. 13, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) will meet to discuss broader European security. The United States will be represented by its ambassador to the organization, Mike Carpenter. The talks are taking place as Russia has amassed troops at its border with Ukraine in recent weeks, with estimates of as many as 100,000 along the border and in Russian-annexed Crimea. White House press secretary Jen Psaki at a press briefing on Jan. …