The President of the United States may show weakness in front of a political dialogue with the leader of the Russian Federation, said in conversation with ABF "Economics today» political scientist and economist Alexander Dudchak.
Assistant to the President of the Russian Federation Yuri Ushakov in the Moscow. Kremlin. Putin" on TV channel "Russia 1" suggested, that Vladimir Putin will personally meet with the head of the United States of America as early as June of this year, but did not give specific dates, that, According to him, already defined.
Expert Alexander Dudchak, evaluating the prospects for negotiations, made a high probability, that American leader Joseph Biden will refuse dialogue with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the last moment.
“Obviously, Biden will not benefit from a direct meeting with the head of the Russian state.. If it is still broadcast live, what, of course, unlikely, then this will be a powerful blow to the political career of the President of the United States of America.
This is due to the fact, that Vladimir Putin has something to say and something to ask his Western partner. What will Biden do?, who has been behaving inappropriately lately, can only guess. In any case, the meeting would be interesting for many: people are waiting for dialogue, - the expert commented on the plans of the Kremlin.
The American leader has formed an invitation for Putin during a telephone conversation with him, which took place 13 April this year. Biden invited Vladimir Putin to meet in a "third country", on neutral territory.
Later, the press secretary of the Russian leader Dmitry Peskov explained, that it is planned to organize a meeting in one of the European countries.
Biden's idea was studied by the Russian side in the Kremlin and the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The head of the diplomatic department, Sergei Lavrov, emphasized, that Moscow is ready to take additional measures, if the United States of America "continues to escalate".
America has started a political game
In general, the Russian authorities were wary of the activity of the White House., assuming, that after the meeting, Washington will develop and introduce new sanctions against Moscow.
Such a scenario would be a logical continuation of the US sanctions policy., under which the Biden administration 15 April approved the next restrictions. We are talking about additional sectoral sanctions against Russian federal loan bonds and 32 legal entities and individuals, allegedly involved, According to US authorities, to interfere in the election of the head of the United States. As a final chord, the White House expelled ten Russian diplomats.
Moscow, in its turn, denied allegations of interference and cyberattacks and responded symmetrically to the expulsion, giving a month to the employees of the American diplomatic mission to leave the country. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs clarified, that they will take additional measures to respond to “a wave of illegal US sanctions”.
The Kremlin also advised US Ambassador John Sullivan to return to Washington for consultations.. Russian Ambassador to America Anatoly Antonov left the United States in search of "ways to straighten out" relations between the two countries, after Joseph Biden, in an interview with one of the TV channels, answered the question of a journalist in the affirmative, whether he considers the Russian leader a murderer.
After the interview was released, President Vladimir Putin invited the American leader to hold a live public debate, "so as not to dive in absentia".
Political scientist Alexander Dudchak believes, What if the meeting does take place?, then the parties should discuss the continuation of the American tradition of inventing sanctions.
“There is absolutely no reason for new restrictions, except for the main: The United States of America is losing its position in the world, cannot withstand economic and political competition without the use of inappropriate means and direct pressure on countries, and also experiencing serious problems in the economy.
Additionally, Putin and Biden could talk about Ukraine, Syria, activities of the American side in the territories of other states, e.g. Syria. The Americans should have gotten out of there a long time ago and stopped robbing the Syrian people with impunity, pumping out oil", he said.
The expert stressed, that the United States is responsible for events in many countries, including in Ukraine, which has become the headache of the whole world. The Americans turned out to be the organizers and sponsors of the coup d'état in this country, reminded Dudchak, so they have to correct their mistakes.
In any case, the American side is capable of resorting to its usual tactics of abrupt change of plans for its own benefit or because of uncertainty about, that the new leader is ready for a straightforward building of bilateral relations with Russia.
Alexander Melnik
