“The anti -rough coalition warfondaia of the willing did not manage to beat Donald Trump at home.” The post of Dmitry Medvedev on X summarizes the meaning of the reactions of the Kremlin followers to the consultations of Washington. Beyond the official statements, the comments of Russian military politicians and telegram channels are almost unanimous: Europe has tried to trace themselves to the peace efforts of the American president, but it does not seem destined to be successful. Even if, the former Russian head of state insists, he “thanked him and eased him”.
“Times have changed,” said the vice president of the Senate, Konstantin Kosachyov, and now Kiev or Brussels can more “bark against Russia from behind the shoulders of America”.
In short, “the current leaders of the European Union and NATO ended up on the bench”. The optimism of those who see a good result for Russia in the talks in the United States is based in particular on the observation that Trump has not changed his mind compared to the beliefs with which he came out of the summit with Vladimir Putin in Alaska on the day of August, who coincide with those expressed for a long time from Moscow. One on the level of the method: the fire is not necessary but it is necessary to aim directly to a peace treaty.
The other in terms of content: Kiev must give up entering NATO. Leonid Slutsky, president of the Duma International Affairs Commission, wrote in his Telegram channel that the interviews of the President of the United States with Zelensky and “his support group” were the development of “a line established in Anchorate to achieve sustainable peace”. And now European countries should stick to the principle of “not harm”.
In particular, according to Professor Ivan Loshkarev, of the Mgimo University, sponsored by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the summit in Alaska would have seen an exchange of fundamental importance between the American and the Russian president: Trump would have renounced the request for ceased the immediate fire in exchange for Putin’s openings on Western security guarantees in Kiev, said the teacher, interviewed by the Filogovernative newspaper Izvestia. “The next few days will show if the meeting in the White House has been a stage towards the end of the conflict,” writes Slutesky.
But the president of the International Affairs Commission shows some restlessness for “Macron’s Russian attempts, with the imposition of the introduction of a military contingent of the NATO countries in Ukraine”. Although, in this regard, Izvestia highlights the “remarkable split between allies”, with the Italian premier Giorgia Meloni who “has consistently opposed”. Concern is also expressed by one of the most followed military telegram channels, DVA Mayora, which has almost 1.3 million members. The EU, underlines the channel, is also increasing military production, and increases the purchases of armaments from the USA. “In principle – says Dva Mayora – it is clear where all this is going. Certainly not towards a lasting peace, but perhaps towards a period of interbellum ». Like the one between the two world wars.