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their favorite candidate, Donald Trump, to win, three government and presidential administration officials, three Foreign Ministry
agreed to speak on condition of anonymity, citing concern for their careers for speaking publicly about private political matters.Last
Times.Several Russian government officials voiced similar sympathies."Moscow sees favorable prospects in the scenario of Trump and a new
Republican administration coming to the White House," a government official told The Moscow Times."There are expectations of some sort for
And many think he is likely to win so far," a Russian businessman who has ties to senior Kremlin and government officials told The Moscow
Times.Many officials said they were keen to watch the latest debate as it happened."I had insomnia, so I managed to watch it live," said a
former Russian government official.Others watched it the next day out of curiosity, the ex-official learned from his former colleagues."I
hardly know anyone like me who likes to stay up at 4 a.m.," he said
would check out what each candidate said at a later date."This is an internal United States matter
We have a lot of issues that are really important for our country
These are the issues that the president is dealing with," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters
President of the United States Donald Trump speaking with attendees at a "Chase the Vote" rally at Dream City Church in Phoenix,
Arizona.Gage Skidmore (CC BY-SA 2.0)Moscow is making a concerted effort to downplay the significance of the United States election in
States elections are not important to Russia
Our task is to downplay the importance of the United States elections," the official said.But behind closed doors, the Kremlin, the Foreign
States compared to Russia gives a huge amount of information," he added.When speaking about the upcoming United States election, Putin has
victory over Hillary Clinton triggered an investigation into alleged Russian interference aimed at swaying the vote in Trump's favor.Eight
programs and political shows at the end of last week, hosted by leading pro-war propagandists Vladimir Solovyov and Dmitry Kiselyov, devoted
particular," the Foreign Ministry official said.Putin has always placed a high value on comfort with his counterparts during his presidency
But the longer he has been in the Kremlin and the older he gets, this element has become increasingly important to him, according to three
current and two former Russian diplomats who have personally traveled with Putin as part of a delegation."Psychologically, it will be easier
to build communication with Trump than with Biden
all this, it is difficult to take a modest first step toward dialogue
communication, experts say.Trump's main advantage for Moscow is his openness to negotiations with Russia and to compromise, and his
greater willingness than Bain to make bold decisions when seeking a settlement, said Dmitry Suslov, deputy director of the Center for
of a presidential debate with Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump hosted by CNN.Gerald Herbert / AP / ?ASSThe
disadvantage of a Trump presidency for Moscow, according to Suslov, is that the Republican candidate shows a high tolerance for the risks of
appeal to the Kremlin lies in his "poorly concealed sympathy for dictators in general and Putin in particular," ex-diplomat Bondarev
economic competition like he does with China."Trump will be interested in rapprochement with Moscow and detaching it from Beijing
It will be possible to bargain for a lot of different bonuses," Bondarev said.At the same time, the Kremlin also sees how it could benefit
increased aid to Ukraine and any real escalation on the part of the United States becomes less likely, given the experience," Bondarev
said.Though some experts were skeptical that Trump's return would benefit the Russian government, a former high-ranking Kremlin official
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