Russia says it was in touch with Trump campaign

Russia yesterday dismissed reports the Kremlin was “euphoric” about Donald Trump’s election win, saying it was not certain the US president-elect would be any friendlier to Moscow than his predecessor, reports AFP from Moscow. Deputy Foreign Sergei Ryabkov also confirmed that members of Trump’s inner circle had “kept in contact” with Russian officials during the election campaign, in apparent contradiction to remarks made by Trump’s own staff.
“We don’t have any euphoria” about a Trump presidency, Ryabkov was quoted by Interfax news agency saying, beating back the theory Moscow had actively supported the Republican who has been outspoken in his praise for Russian leader Vladimir Putin. “Positions he voiced, positions on Russia voiced by people in Trump’s campaign and in his circle, are rather harsh,” Ryabkov said. “We have not seen any reason to depart from our assessment of the campaign that there was a bipartisan consensus in the United States that has an anti-Russian basis.”
“We don’t expect anything special from the new US administration,” Ryabkov added, saying Moscow did not give the impression of being “full of rosy hopes.” Ryabkov’s cautionary tone marked a contrast with the enthusiastic reaction from Russian state media and Russian politicians. After an FBI investigation into possible Russia-Trump ties reportedly turned up no direct link, Trump’s staff denied any direct contact, according to media reports last week.

 

Russia says it was in touch with Trump campaign

Russia yesterday dismissed reports the Kremlin was euphoric about Donald Trumps election win, saying it was not certain the US president-elect would be any friendlier to Moscow than his predecessor, reports AFP from Moscow. Deputy Foreign Sergei Ryabkov also confirmed that members of Trumps inner circle had kept in contact with Russian officials during the election campaign, in apparent contradiction to remarks made by Trumps own staff. We dont have any euphoria about a Trump presidency, Ryabkov was quoted by Interfax news agency saying, beating back the theory Moscow had actively supported the Republican who has been outspoken in his praise for Russian leader Vladimir Putin. Positions he voiced, positions on Russia voiced by people in Trumps campaign and in his circle, are rather harsh, Ryabkov said. We have not seen any reason to depart from our assessment of the campaign that there was a bipartisan consensus in the United States that has an anti-Russian basis. We dont expect anything special from the new US administration, Ryabkov added, saying Moscow did not give the impression of being full of rosy hopes. Ryabkovs cautionary tone marked a contrast with the enthusiastic reaction from Russian state media and Russian politicians. After an FBI investigation into possible Russia-Trump ties reportedly turned up no direct link, Trumps staff denied any direct contact, according to media reports last week.