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For the next four years, the White House has a boss who obviously doesn’t want to continue American involvement in the war in Ukraine as happened under Biden and as might have happened under Harris. The Kremlin thinks it’s easier to negotiate with Trump, because he acts on business interests, not values. His priority is what he can get in return,
Petrov said
If he's insisting on European nations shouldering more of the defence burden and not looking to the United States to guarantee Europe's security, in my book that's a good thing. It's long overdue,
he said
Russia will work with the new administration when it 'takes up residence' in the White House, fiercely defending Russian national interests and focusing on achieving all the set objectives of the special military operation (in Ukraine),
the ministry said, as reported by Reuters
I know Zelensky very well, and I know Putin very well, even better. And I had a good relationship, very good with both of them. I would tell Zelensky no more. You got to make a deal. I would tell Putin, if you don't make a deal, we're going to give him a lot. We're going to [give Ukraine] more than they ever got if we have to. I will have the deal done in one day. One day,
Trump told Fox News in July
His words about his desire to restore relations with the Russian Federation and to help resolve the Ukrainian crisis, in my opinion, deserve attention,
Putin said referring to TrumpThis opens up new opportunities for resetting relations between Russia and the United States,
he addedEuropean leaders should prepare for a more unpredictable and potentially less supportive U.S. stance under a Trump administration,
Edgar Bellow, geopolitics professor at NEOMA Business School in Reims, France told Newsweek
The efforts of some Western countries, led by the United States, to end the war in Ukraine will accelerate the resolution of this conflict,
he said according to the Anadolu Agency in comments also picked up by Russian state media.jpg)
Of course it was a kind of exaggeration when he said he would do it overnight,
Peskov said, referring to Trump's claim, according to Russian state media_2.jpg)
The message is, if you want a deal, you’re going to crawl on your knees for it,
says Nina Khrushcheva, an authority on Russian politics and foreign affairs at the New School
The U.S. needs to pack up its stuff and get back to where it was in 1997.”
As the lead Russian envoy put it at the time
I hope we get the strategy right,
Pompeo told TIME during a visit to Kyiv in SeptemberThere’s no pressure on him to negotiate,
says a former senior U.S. official who maintains high-level contacts in both Washington and MoscowCan Donald Trump end the war in Ukraine and explain how he will do this while preserving Ukrainian sovereignty?"
Newsweek asked the artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT using the promptThey're dying, Russians and Ukrainians. I want them to stop dying. And I'll have that done—I'll have that done in 24 hours,
Trump said in 2023 at a CNN town hall
If we had a real president, a president that knew — that was respected by Putin ... he would have never invaded Ukraine,
Trump said during the first presidential debate against Joe BidenIt would be more than enough if he focused on helping the US – the American economy and social sphere. This would mean that he would shift from confrontation with Russia to constructive and pragmatic relations,
Gambashidze said
In Russia, those who are smarter think that he’s just as much of a figurehead as the other presidents and the American system of power won’t let him do what he wants,
said Katherine, a clinician in St Petersburg.jpg)
Trump has one quality that is useful for us: As a businessman to the core, he mortally dislikes spending money on various hangers-on – on idiotic allies, on stupid charity projects and on gluttonous international organisations,
hawkish former President Dmitry Medvedev wrote on TelegramIn my opinion, it is definitely too early to rejoice,
Malinin said