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Will Vernon
BBC News, Washington DC Earlier today, Russian news agency Tass reported that two petrol bombs were thrown into the courtyard of the Russian embassy in the Moldovan capital, Chisinau, where voting in the presidential election has been taking place.
Another six years of Putin as President will almost The Moldovan police say they have detained a man. No injuries were reported after the incident.
certainly leave US-Russian relations unchanged – at first glance. "A man threw two containers of flammable substances over the fence of the Russian Embassy in Chisinau," police have said in a statement.
The relationship is at an all-time low: Washington is The police have said the 54-year-old Moldovan claims to hold Russian citizenship, although this has not yet been verified by the authorities.
backing Ukraine with money and weapons, Joe Biden has called Vladimir Putin a They say he justified his actions by saying he has "some dissatisfaction" with Russia's authorities.
“killer” and a “war criminal,” the two Presidents haven’t spoken for over two Moldova last week said it protested against Russia's decision to open several polling stations in the separatist Transnistria region for the Russian presidential election.
years, hundreds of US sanctions have been applied, and officials here will
continue to view Russia as a significant threat to the national security of
America and its closest allies.
But it takes two to tango. And there’s one man who often
behaves as though he’d quite like to do a dance with President Putin: Donald
Trump.
Trump has repeatedly praised the Kremlin leader and is sceptical about supporting Ukraine. After the two met this month, Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban said Trump “would not give a penny” to help the Ukrainians if he regains the Presidency.
Trump’s comments about Nato, too, are music to Vladimir Putin’s ears. The former President has poured scorn on the basic principle of the military alliance – the article on mutual defence of members. President Biden calls that “outrageous and dangerous.”
Could US-Russia relations fundamentally shift if Donald Trump returns to the White House? It’s possible. But any moves to improve ties with Moscow, or sacrifice Ukraine, would likely be met with harsh resistance: both Congress and America’s allies abroad would push back hard.
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