Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday that he had “no preference” between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris.
In recent weeks, Russia has nevertheless increased disinformation operations against the campaign of Vice-President Kamala Harris.
Russia says it has no favorite for US presidential election. In an interview published this Friday, November 1 by the Turkish daily LibertyRussian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said he did not “no preference” on the choice of the future president of the United States.
“At the time, the Trump administration adopted the most anti-Russian sanctions compared to its predecessors“, he said. “Under the current president, who has pushed the spiral of Russophobia in the United States to its limits, our countries are on the verge of direct military conflict” the Russian minister said in response to a question about the American elections.
Between Putin and Trump, an ambiguous relationship
Russia has increased disinformation operations against the campaign of Vice-President Kamala Harris by broadcasting conspiracy videos, the Microsoft group said in September, fueling concerns about foreign interference in the American elections.
Neither really adversaries nor really close, Donald Trump and the Russian head of state, Vladimir Putin, maintain a deliberately ambiguous relationship. The master of the Kremlin judged that his relationship with the United States would depend on their attitude after the election, while welcoming the “sincerity” of the Republican candidate for his desire to establish peace in Ukraine.
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