The Kremlin on Wednesday expressed very modest optimism about the possibility of improving U.S.-Russia relations under a second Trump administration, but the Russian side expressed doubts about whether Trump will be able to fulfill his Ukraine peace promise. He remained skeptical.
“Let us not forget that we are talking about unfriendly countries that are directly and indirectly involved in wars against our country.” said Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov referred to the United States' opposition to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Asked whether relations between Russia and the United States could worsen under the Trump administration, Peskov said: “It is almost impossible for relations to deteriorate any further, relations are at their lowest level in history. ” he answered. What happens next depends on America's next leader. ”
Peskov insisted that Russian President Vladimir Putin remains open to “constructive dialogue based on fairness and equality.”
“The US administration is doing exactly the opposite at the moment, and we'll see what happens in January,” he said.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said: “It is logical that the next U.S. president, whoever he is, will not seek adventures tens of thousands of miles from U.S. shores and will focus on solving his country's problems.'' Deaf,” he said. Wednesday.
“In general, it doesn't matter to Russia what the election results will be, given the consensus between the two major parties that has arisen in the United States regarding the conflict against our country,” she said.
Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev blackmailed The world could be plunged into nuclear war for a variety of reasons, and last weekend he predicted that President Trump would be assassinated by the Western military-industrial complex if he tried to end the Ukraine conflict. The administration was hoping it would be bad news for Ukraine.
“Trump has one quality that is helpful to us: He is a businessman through and through, and he hates spending money on various cronies, stupid crony allies, bad charities, and greedy international organizations. ” said Medvedev. said.
“The question is how much President Trump will be forced to contribute to the war. He's stubborn, but the system is stronger,” he said.
Kirill Dmitriev, the CEO of a Russian sovereign wealth fund and an influential businessman, was more optimistic.
Dmitriev celebrated that “despite the massive disinformation campaign against President Trump, President Trump's ticket won.”
“Their convincing victory shows that ordinary Americans are fed up with the Biden administration's unprecedented lies, incompetence, and malice. It opens up opportunities.”
Dmitriev is a close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin. I refused To celebrate President Trump's victory in the US presidential election.
