The Kremlin will judge the next occupant of the White House on the priority issue of the war in Ukraine.
Correspondent in Moscow
The matter seemed to have been settled for a long time: the electoral choice of the Russian authorities fell on Donald Trump, particularly given his supposed “affinities” with Vladimir Putin and his commitments to cut aid to Ukraine. However, things are less obvious than they seem, when we decipher the declarations and analyzes of Russian personalities and experts.
To summarize, seen from Moscow, Donald Trump attracts and at the same time worries because of his unpredictability, while Kamala Harris could suggest a form of continuity. In short, a relativism that former President Dmitri Medvedev argued, in his own way, on Telegram: « For Russia, the election will not change anything, because the candidates' positions perfectly reflect the bipartisan consensus that our country must be defeated. » Same story, on the side of Russian diplomacy, whose spokesperson, Maria Zakharova,…
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