Russian President Vladimir Putin during a joint press conference with US President Donald Trump at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki, Finland on July 16, 2018.
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Since the invasion of Ukraine, Russia has spent a significant amount of energy three years ago, demonizing the US and slandering its leadership, economy and culture – and what perceived Washington in the global world order.
International sanctions under the leadership of the US were prompted by more Vitriol from Moscow, together with Russian President Vladimir Putin and other hostile officials Almost constant plenty of penalty restrictions on the key sectors of the Russian economy and its elitewhen the war lasted.
But the arrival of a more friendly administration under the leadership of President Donald Trump and newly modern conversations with the US in order to end the conflict in Ukraine-also roads because of the cold and geopolitical cold-they are drawn in Moscow with Kremlin dramatically softening the opposite position, which he occupied in recent years.
When the tension between Trump and the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy spilled on Wednesday, and Trump called Zelenskyy “dictator”, Putin broke the silence about closer closer between Russia and the USA in Saudi Arabia this week later First conversations between officials from the beginning of 2022.
“” I highly assess (negotiations), there is a result, “said Putin, adding that the meeting was” very friendly. “
“In general, as I was told, this (mood) was very friendly. On the American side there were completely other people open to the negotiating process without any prejudices, without any prejudices of what was done in the past, “he said in the comments translated by NBC News.
Putin also praised Trump for demonstrating “restraint” among what he described as “hysteria” of European leaders who are bad for negotiations on the future of Ukraine.
Changing mood music
The music of the mood in Moscow seemed to change quickly after Russia's conversations on Tuesday in Riyadh, which had to-put the foundations for the upcoming peace conversations in Ukraine, despite the absence of Kiev in discussions.
Russian state media responded positively to talks and a change in the tide in Russia's relations, as well as senior officials in Moscow, who are part Loyal inner near Putin.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Wednesday that conversations focused on the “revival” of US-Russia's relations more than Ukraine, saying that the mood is now “business”.
US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin at a joint press conference after the summit of July 16, 2018 in Helsinki, Finland.
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Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrow repeated this sentiment, commenting on “very constructive” conversations that took place, and stating on Wednesday that the countries “began to move away from the edge of the abyss, in which Biden administration led our relationship.”
“For now, it is necessary to clean the heritage of the Biden administration, which did everything to destroy … The basis of the long-term partnership between our countries,” Lavrow said, commenting on the possibility of strategic cooperation between Russia and the United States, The Russian press agency TASS has reported.
CNBC asked for further commentary on the Kremlin to change position in VIS-A-Vis Washington and expects answers.
There is no doubt that the departure of Joe Biden from the White House and the return of Trump prompted Moscow to soften his rhetoric in relation to the United States, with whom he had warm relations during the first term of the president in 2017–2021.
Russian President Vladimir Putin even signaled his support for the tariffs, which Trump announced in the first weeks of office, stating that United States “European allies” stood at the foot of the master “when they confronted Trump's commercial threats.
Russia can also significantly benefit from the end to the war, which caused that its economy stood on the fight, and Moscow increased the production of military equipment massively, rejecting employees from other key industries and production, contributing to permanent inflationary pressure and an increase in the price of basic goods and foods that Russian citizens felt.
Russian President Vladimir Putin meets employees during a visit to the air factory in the eastern city of Siberian Ulan-Eude on March 14, 2023.
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Economics in favor
Moscow often disregarded the influence of Western sanctions on its main industries, in particular oil and gas sectors, and all strikes in export income, instead supporting his ability to alleviate sanctions by strengthening trade with other countries, such as China and India.
Nevertheless, relieving restrictions and re -opening access to former markets in the West under a peace agreement would undoubtedly be a boon for Moscow, economists say.
“The decision of the US and Russia, to” put the basis “about the end of the war in Ukraine, is a potentially significant turning point after three years of conflict,” said Liam Peach on Tuesday, senior economist of emerging markets at Capital Economics.
“Negotiations will take some time, and macroeconomic consequences will depend on the features of each contract (but), we believe that the peace agreement may cause higher Russian natural gas flows and lower energy prices, but any increase in the European economy – apart from Russia and Ukraine – will probably be limited “.
“A peace agreement, which is essentially beneficial to all parties, would bring macroeconomic benefits: it can be the basis for modest reception Some Russian gas pipeline flows into Europe (I) alleviating Western sanctions against Russia, “although perhaps only in some areas, such as Russia's access to the American financial system, he noticed in the comments e -Mail.
David Roche, a strategist in the Quantum strategy, commented that autocratic leaders, such as Putin and the Chinese President XI Jinping, were the best “winners” of the US new antipathy towards old allies and insulation towards Moscow. Roche and other strategists are also cynical that Russia will be willing to abandon the war -oriented economy now when it has been rooted.
“The winners are Putin and XI. They proved how weak and decadent democracy was, “said Roche in the comments E -Mail.
“Withdrawing from the USA in the isolationism of the magician creates a large opportunity for the” Axis of Auto -Upts “(including Russia and China) in order to replace the US … In terms of help, investment and political drawing,” said Roche in the comments E -Mail on Wednesday .
“Putin will use a ceasefire to recreate the Russian armed forces. When the fight stops the terrifying Russian losses of men and machines, they become everyday accessories to the armed forces. The Russian war machine produces all equipment of the German armed forces every 6 months. .. irony in the Russian war machine were seismic signs. Stop it – he said.
Ukraine
Ukraine and its European allies were abandoned by the US, and Russia enlivens diplomatic ties and preparing talks without their contribution.
Zelenskyy has already expressed his consternation in Kiev excluded from talks in Saudi Arabia, but his frustration appeared fully on Wednesday, when he said that Trump was under the influence of Russian “disinformation”.
Then Trump pushed himself away, saying that Zelenskyy was a “dictator without elections” and had bad election grades Opinion survey published on Wednesday By the International Institute of Sociology in Kijawia showing that 57% of Ukrainians trust their president.
Ukraine has not made elections since Zelenskyy's election in 2019, the claim that having voting during the war and when there is martial law.