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Trump 2.0: Implications for Russia (Interview With Senior Lawmaker)
Trump 2.0: Implications for Russia (Interview With Senior Lawmaker)
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Russia has no illusions about Donald Trump’s return to the White House, Konstantin Kosachev, Vice Speaker of Russia’s Federation Council, told Sputnik. 14.11.2024, Sputnik India
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“That's why on a scale of 1 to 10, where 1 means Trump is a completely bad opponent for Russia and 10 means he’s a great partner for Russia, I would personally put my expectations of Trump right now somewhere between 3 and 4,” Kosachev added.There is also skepticism in Moscow on whether Trump will be a meaningful improvement over Biden on the issue of Ukraine. Last week, The Wall Street Journal published a Ukraine peace deal blueprint that is reportedly being discussed by Trump advisors. The main points of the plan include freezing the current front line and declaring a demilitarized zone along its length, sending European troops as “peacekeepers” to Ukraine, and delaying the question of Ukraine’s NATO membership by 20 years.Such a deal would be a nonstarter for Moscow, Kosachev told Sputnik. He explained that the root of the Russia-Ukraine conflict is a fundamental divergence in values between the two countries. Russia cannot accept a Ukraine that persecutes its Russian minority and glorifies Nazi collaborators during World War II. Unless and until there is a paradigm shift in Ukrainian politics, there can be no lasting peace between the two countries.“This is precisely how it will erupt over and over again in Russian-Ukrainian relations, if we reduce the whole thing to a ceasefire, establish de facto control over the areas where the line of contact now runs, and leave everything else for later. Freezing the conflict works exclusively for the benefit of Ukraine,” he added.
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Trump 2.0: Implications for Russia (Interview With Senior Lawmaker)
Russia has no illusions about Donald Trump’s return to the White House, Konstantin Kosachev, Vice Speaker of Russia’s Federation Council, told Sputnik.
“I’m sure that Trump will be very uncomfortable for Russia. I use this word on purpose, an uncomfortable interlocutor, partner, opponent – whatever you want to call him, because he will fiercely defend his vision of the national interests of the United States. I specifically say that he will advocate not for the national interests of the United States, but for his own vision of what those national interests are, which in some respects would be reasonable, and in others, in my opinion, would be erroneous,” he said.
“That's why on a scale of 1 to 10, where 1 means Trump is a completely bad opponent for Russia and 10 means he’s a great partner for Russia, I would personally put my expectations of Trump right now somewhere between 3 and 4,” Kosachev added.
There is also skepticism in Moscow on whether Trump will be a meaningful improvement over Biden on the issue of Ukraine. Last week, The Wall Street Journal published a Ukraine peace deal blueprint that is reportedly being discussed by Trump advisors. The main points of the plan include freezing the current front line and declaring a demilitarized zone along its length, sending European troops as “peacekeepers” to Ukraine, and delaying the question of Ukraine’s NATO membership by 20 years.
Such a deal would be a nonstarter for Moscow, Kosachev told Sputnik. He explained that the root of the Russia-Ukraine conflict is a fundamental divergence in values between the two countries. Russia cannot accept a Ukraine that persecutes its Russian minority and glorifies Nazi collaborators during World War II. Unless and until there is a paradigm shift in
Ukrainian politics, there can be no lasting peace between the two countries.
“We see what's happening in the Middle East, right? Sometimes it seems that one side or the other has signed a ceasefire. The shelling and terrorist attacks stop. Everything appears to have calmed down. But in reality nothing has calmed down. The fighting will reignite with renewed strength, say in a month, a year or five years, because the Arab-Israeli conflict remains unresolved.”
“This is precisely how it will erupt over and over again in Russian-Ukrainian relations, if we reduce the whole thing to a ceasefire, establish de facto control over the areas where the line of contact now runs, and leave everything else for later. Freezing the conflict works exclusively for the benefit of Ukraine,” he added.
