Moscow:
The Kremlin stated Wednesday it could decide Donald Trump, who claimed victory within the US presidential election, on his actions and that President Vladimir Putin had no plans to congratulate him.
Relations between Russia and the US have been at an all-time low because the finish of the Chilly Warfare, with Moscow angered by Western help to Ukraine.
“We’ll draw conclusions primarily based on concrete steps and concrete phrases,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov informed journalists.
If elected, Trump has claimed that he would finish the preventing in Ukraine inside 24 hours.
The US is “able to serving to deliver concerning the finish of this battle” in Ukraine, however can be “the nation that’s inflaming the battle”, Peskov stated.
Peskov stated that Trump had made some “fairly harsh statements” throughout his marketing campaign, however that he additionally spoke of “his aspirations for peace on the worldwide enviornment, about his aspirations to finish politics primarily based on persevering with outdated wars.”
He added that: “However after victory, getting ready to enter the Oval Workplace, typically statements tackle a special tone.”
The Kremlin additionally stated it could be “virtually inconceivable” for the subsequent administration to make Russia-US relations worse since they’re “at their lowest level in historical past”.
He rejected accusations that Russia had interfered within the US elections.
Peskov stated he was “not conscious” of Putin’s plans to congratulate Trump, because the US is an “unfriendly nation that’s straight and not directly concerned in a struggle in opposition to our state”, referring to the battle in Ukraine.
Putin was one of many final leaders to congratulate Joe Biden on his 2020 election victory, sending his congratulatory message six weeks after the vote.
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