The US Secretary of State "was not embarrassed to express before his visit to Moscow and said that Russia was at least morally responsible for the gas attack in Syria, which resulted in the death of dozens of people last week," writes the political analyst of the Swiss newspaper Tagesanzeiger, Cita Affentrantger, , That only recently, during the pre-election race, Rex Tillerson and Donald Trump talked about Russia and its president Vladimir Putin only warm words. Putin four years ago personally handed Tillerson the Order of Friendship, and Trump said that Putin might become his best friend.

"Now everything has changed: the US missile strike against the Syrian airbase shook Russia even more than Syria itself, because Trump was definitely not a Kremlin man," the journalist said..

Nevertheless, Tillerson's visit will show that it is still possible to save, notes Affentranger. Putin is still hoping to find a balance with Trump, in which America will first take care of its own problems, and world politics for her will take a back seat. After all, the Kremlin was betting that "the United States at Trump will not everywhere portray a world gendarme, be it Ukraine or Syria, Russia is trying to impose a new world order, where she herself plays a major role," reads the article.

For this reason, Putin will not sooner give up the chance to make a deal with Trump, "Affentranter believes, not excluding the possibility that the Russian president could forgo an alliance with Assad. "Especially since Assad, apparently, did not inform Moscow about his gas attack.

By the way, the Syrian is not the first time does not consider the Russians, although without their help he would long ago have lost the post of president,. - In this regard, Tillerson will have something to discuss with Moscow ".

"Meanwhile, an obligatory condition for such a deal or at least a moratorium is an agreement that the current US missile strike will be the last. If Trump will make this method part of the new US foreign policy, the situation can become aggravated very quickly, "concludes Affentranger.

Translation: Inopressa.