Putin may resort to stalling to wait for Biden to leave the White House. This opinion was expressed in an interview with Dmitry Gordon by the former head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Pavel Klimkin.

“It seems to me that today one of the versions that is in the minds of the Russian leadership is to ride a roller coaster: raise rates, lower, maybe even freeze something at some point...,” Klimkin suggested.

He believes that the Kremlin is convinced that the incumbent US president will not remain for a second term and do not exclude that the new owner of the Oval Office will be a representative of the Republican Party, at best, Donald Trump..

Therefore, Putin can “slow down” the hostilities somewhat in order to play for time and tire the West..

“Putin believes that he is capable of playing long, that he has enough breath. Just like Chinese leader Xi. However, this is a big mistake of the Russian leadership - to imitate the Chinese, because China has a strategy for at least 50 years, and in Russia, of course, it does not exist, ”Klimkin explained..

The well-known philosopher and political scientist Francis Fukuyama also warned the Republicans about the danger of returning to power in the United States.. He stated that if Trump returns to the presidency in 2024, this can solve all the problems of Russia today, because Trump intends to withdraw the United States from NATO.. Thus, the Kremlin will achieve its main goal simply by changing the course of American policy..

Former US President Donald Trump said that Ukraine could have avoided a Russian attack by agreeing to territorial concessions and a neutral status..