The key facts

  • Dmitry Medvedev said that the results of the US congressional elections will not affect Russia's interests for now
  • The Democratic Party won a majority in the House of Representatives and the Senate
  • Trump declared his readiness to cooperate with the Democrats

Medvedev's assessment

The defeat of the Republican Party in the US midterm elections will not seriously affect Russia and its interests for now, said Deputy Chairman of Russia's Security Council Dmitry Medvedev in the Max messenger. 'Donald Trump has suffered a crushing defeat in the battle for Congress. How will this affect our interests? I think, for now, not fundamentally at all,' he wrote, as quoted Gazeta.Ru.

Voting results

The midterm elections were held in the United States on November 3. As a result, the Democratic Party won a majority in the lower chamber of Congress — the House of Representatives — in addition to the Senate, which it had already controlled. According to Associated Press, citing the results, Democrats won 53 seats in the Senate against 42 for Republicans, and 221 seats in the House of Representatives against 129 for Republicans.

Trump's reaction

US President Donald Trump said he is ready to cooperate with the Democratic Party, unless the Democrats 'want to act destructively.' Thus, for now this concerns statements by the participants: the assessment of the impact on Russia was given by Medvedev in a personal comment, while the publication does not describe the actual consequences of the new balance of power in Congress for US policy.