Peskov says US congressional elections do not affect the Kremlin's calculations on Ukraine

Kremlin statement after the midterm elections

Russian presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov said that the US congressional midterm elections will not affect the Kremlin's calculations regarding a settlement in Ukraine. According to him, Donald Trump will continue to carry out his duties as president and pursue his foreign policy, while everything else is America's internal affair. as reported by Gazeta.Ru.

Senator's assessment: Trump will become more resolute

The day before, Deputy Speaker of the Federation Council Konstantin Kosachev expressed the viewthat after the Republican Party's defeat in the midterm elections, one could expect a continuation or even a hardening of Trump's position on Ukraine. According to the senator, everyone who bet on the Republicans' defeat in foreign policy terms is in for a surprise — a more resolute American leader who no longer looks back at elections. He noted that, for all the importance of Congress, the US president's role in foreign policy is paramount, and

The results of the vote and the Republicans' reaction

Donald Trump himself acknowledged the results of the vote but refused to consider the Republican Party's defeat his own. More on the course of the midterm elections — in Gazeta.Ru's article. Earlier, in Republican circles after the defeat, they looked for a scapegoat. Thus, the statements of Russian officials converge on one point: in their assessment, the change in the balance of power in Congress will not change the White House's course on the Ukrainian issue, although Kosachev even allows for it to harden, while Peskov frames it as Russia's interests being independent of the US domestic political situation.