Juan Pablo Duch
Correspondent
La Jornada Newspaper
Thursday, November 7, 2024, p. 4
Moscow. The Kremlin received the news that Donald Trump will once again occupy the White House without enthusiasm or concern, although it deduces that with the Republican the context could lead to an outcome of the war with Ukraine under better conditions for Russia, if it results in a cut. substantive of the aid in money and weapons that kyiv receives from Washington.
This could be a summary of the mood of Russia’s ruling elite, based on the statements – and silences – that circulated yesterday in Moscow, given the fact that in the next four years the head of the Kremlin, Vladimir Putin, He will have to deal with the unpredictable Trump.
When asked by the source’s reporters, the spokesman for the Russian presidency, Dimitri Peskov, said he did not know if Putin was going to congratulate his elected American colleague, but he does not believe that Trump will be upset if he does not do so or that it will make the situation worse. bilateral relationship.
Getting relations worse is practically impossible, they are at their lowest level in history. And later it will depend on the new ruler of the United States. President Putin has repeatedly said that he is open to a constructive dialogue, based on justice, equal rights and taking into account everyone’s concerns. At this moment, the US administration is guided by exactly the opposite. What will happen (with Trump), we will see
Peskov said.
Apart from the fact that it was spread that Putin, unofficially, sent his congratulations to Trump through friends
a species that is impossible to verify, it is taken for granted that this Thursday when speaking at the plenary session of the Valdai Discussion Club, which brings together every year political scientists, historians, economists and other experts from both Russia and other countries, the head of the Kremlin express an opinion on the results of the elections in the United States.
Meanwhile, Peskov recalled regarding the United States: We must not forget that this is a hostile country, which is directly and indirectly involved in a war against our State.
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He added that Since the United States is the country most interested in maintaining this conflict and constantly pours gasoline on the fire, it could certainly modify (with Trump) the trajectory of its foreign policy
but the true intentions of the winner will not be known until he takes office (the following January).
Many times it has happened that after his victory, before settling in or already as a tenant of the White House, the statements (of the candidate) change tone
Peskov noted.
For its part, the Russian Foreign Ministry issued a statement to specify: We have no illusions about the elected American president, who is well known in Russia, and about the new composition of Congress, where, according to preliminary data, the Republicans prevail.
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The document asserts that “the political elite that governs the United States, regardless of its party line, adjusts to the same policy against Russia and seeks to ‘contain Moscow.’ This line does not vary in the barometer of domestic politics in the United States, whether it is the ‘Make America Great Again’ as interpreted by Donald Trump or the ‘rules-based world order’ stubbornly practiced by Democrats.”
The diplomatic agency affirms that Russia is willing to work with the new United States administration when it takes possession of the White House, but warns: We will firmly defend Russia’s national interests and focus on achieving all the objectives set by the special military operation
in Ukraine, implying that Moscow will not accept a ceasefire if its conditions, which They are invariable and Washington knows them very well
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