President Vladimir Putin of Russia will not be able to achieve the desired result from the arrival of the seemingly loyal Donald Trump to power in the US.

About this on the pages of the loyal to the Democratic Party edition of the New York Times wrote a professor of history at Princeton University and a researcher at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, Steven Kotkin, reports ZN. Ua.

In his opinion, in the Kremlin are unlikely to celebrate any victories.

"Of course, President Vladimir Putin enjoys the offensive against American democracy. He is glad that he did not allow Hillary Clinton to lead the US. But he had one priority: to achieve the lifting of the sanctions of the West, "he said..

Kotkin believes that the sanctions imposed after the Russian occupation of Crimea in 2014 effectively blocked key finance and important technologies for key Russian businessmen and officials. Now, even when Clinton was able "to defeat the elections in her own power," Putin will feel a blow when the sanctions are strengthened, causing more pain to his entourage, state companies and controlled cybercriminals.

In his opinion, while some experts are exaggerating about the revival of Russia, the reality says that President Putin does not really win, but vice versa.

"His dishonest invasion of Ukraine has made the country so pro-Western as it has never been since 1991. Russian stable support of Syrian butcher Bashar Assad brought Moscow not many achievements. And the price of all this is growing, "- reads the article.

The author estimates that in 2015, a quarter of Russia's arms exports fell to Venezuela. But this deal was mainly financed thanks to the debts. Last week, Moscow cut its forecast for government revenues by a billion dollars. Therefore, this is bad news for Putin, that the US Senate is not simply not going to cancel sanctions against Russia, but is also preparing to strengthen them. According to the Republican from South Carolina Lindsey Graham, finally the draft law on sanctions is likely to be approved in the House of Representatives, which will provide an opportunity to overcome President Trump's veto. American pressure on Russia was introduced in 2014 and intensified in 2016 due to orders of the US president. But Graham and his colleagues in Congress want to go the other way and fix the law sanctions.

Senators, according to the author, are right. Russia must pay a high price for cyberwar against the US, and other rivals of America should be restrained. Putin's goal is the survival of his regime.

The Russian long-term strategy as such relies on the hope that the West will weaken or fall apart. Therefore, becoming Kotkin is sure that strong American democratic institutions that are not easily broken down, as well as the presence of worthy professionals in the Trump team will not allow the Russian side to achieve the desired goals.

As reported by the "Observer", former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said that Trump instructed him to improve relations with Russia.

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