With Joe Biden out of presidential campaignMoscow took the opportunity to touch the wound. On Monday, the Kremlin said it was not too surprised by the American president’s departure. relations with him have been worse than ever.
Maria Zakharovaspokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, indicated that now the next step «should be an investigation into the collusion of the American media and political circles that hid the truth about his mental state by manipulating public opinion and playing with a political party.»
In Russia, Harris is considered a follower of Biden in foreign policyalbeit with less experience. The day after Biden’s departure, theKremlin he complained that Kamala Harris has so far made no contribution to the relations between Russia and the United States.
former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev wrote on the messaging app Telegram wishing good health to Biden, who he considers cushioned, and proclaiming that the goals of special military operation will be achieved.
Viacheslav VolodinThe speaker of the lower house of the Russian parliament said this The US President Should Be Held Responsible for the Conflict in Ukraine -a country that was invaded on a large scale by Russia in 2022- and for the damage it caused to the economies of Europe and Russia. «Biden has created problems all over the world and in his own country.UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. Seeing that he will not be elected, he flees without waiting for the elections.»
On Sunday, a few hours after the announcement, the Kremlin spokesman, Dmitry Peskovhad been more cautious. «There are four months left until the elections, it’s a long period in which many things can change,» he recalled in an interview with Shot media.
For Russia these are decisive elections becauseTrump could make it a lot easier pressure on Ukraine to accept a compromise. For Ukraine, it is a matter of peering into the unknown. From Kiev,Volodymyr Zelensky thanked US President Joe Biden for his support, which «has been and continues to be vitally important», and called his decision to withdraw from the presidential race «difficult, but courageous».
«He supported our country during the most dramatic period in history, helped us prevent Putin’s occupation of our country, and continues to support us during this terrible war.» Kiev assumes it will lose an ally committed to Ukraine’s long-term existence as a nation and who has proven capable of forging agreements and consensus to translate that support into law.
HARD ON PUTIN
Russian state television opened its news broadcasts with the news that Biden will withdraw from the race and with Biden’s support for Harris, but added that it was unclear whether Harris would win the Democratic nomination.
«Joe Biden risks going down in history with a negative reputation»You write Kommersant Maxim Suchkov, director of the Institute of International Studies at MGIMO University in Moscow: «However, everything is learned by comparison. Perhaps very soon everyone will remember it as if it were not the worst thing that could happen.»
In Moscow, they take it for granted that with the victory of candidate Harris, many of President Joe Biden’s foreign policy objectives would be maintained. A Harris administration would likely offer strong support to Ukraine. During the election campaign, the vice president criticized Trump for his previous comments saying thatwould withdraw the United States from NATO: «Donald Trump hugged Putin,» Harris denounced.
The vice president has once been in the spotlight on Ukraine, with Kamala Harris standing in for Biden at the annual Munich Security Conference in 2022, when she expressed support for the Ukrainian president as Russia prepared to invade the country. She also represented the United States at the Swiss peace summit in June.
Regarding Israel’s war against Hamas, Harris was more understanding of the plight of the Palestinians. But Russia is following Biden’s lead: Harris has harshly criticized Putin, to whom she attributed the death of the Russian opposition leaderAlexey Navalny this year. He also called Russia’s attacks on Ukrainian civilians “crimes against humanity.”
The Kremlin spokesman assured that the vagaries of American politics are not a priority for Moscow and that Russia is focused on achieving the goals of what President Putin calls the special military operation in Ukraine.
While Moscow watches the convulsions of the North American campaign from the corner of its eye, the war games in the Arctic and the timid advances on the Ukrainian front are being repeated. On the cover of Kommersant a warning title: «More than 500,000 NATO troops are on high alert.»
Moscow reported Sunday that Russian warplanes intercepted two U.S. strategic bombers that Russia said were about to violate Russia’s state border over the Barents Sea. And in Ukraine, Russian forces captured two settlements: a small advance in Kharkov and another in Lugansk.
Two and a half years of war, now at the limit: the big problem that the next tenant of the White House will inherit.
