‘Sharply Negative’: Kremlin Concerned Democratic Sweep Will Imperil US-Russia Peace Efforts
While the Iranians are celebrating with smug satisfaction the Democrats’ historic midterm blue tsunami in the US midterm elections, Russia’s leadership is reacting very differently.
Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov on Wednesday bluntly stated that that leaders in the US Democratic Party have a “sharply negative” approach to relations with Moscow.
Not only has Trump of late repeatedly suggested that Zelensky must go, calling for elections in Ukraine, but he has refused to sign into effect the “Lindsey O. Graham” sanctions, while lifting the sanctions on Russian diesel. These decisions have by and large outraged Democrats.
Ryabkov stated further that Russia’s position on Ukraine and broader foreign policy “is not based on short-term considerations and, naturally, does not depend on the fluctuations of the political barometer in other countries.”