Friday drama in the oval office sparked a rapid reaction from many world leaders.
But no Vladimir Putin. There was no comment so far from the Kremlin leader.
Again, he doesn’t really need to say anything. President Putin can afford to sit down and watch the events take place.
Donald Trump predicted that the very public spit with President Zelensky “was going to be excellent television.”
There is no doubt that Vladimir Putin will have appreciated the “show”, the dramatic spectacle of Volodymyr Zelensky, head of the country of the country, Putin, was reprimanded by the president and vice-president of the United States in front of the world’s media.
Some Russian officials have, however, commented on events in Washington.
In an article on social networks, former president Dmitry Medvedev, now deputy chief of the Russian Security Council, wrote that President Zelensky had received “a slap in the oval office”. He called on the United States to stop military assistance in Ukraine.
How Moscow would welcome this.
Writing on Telegram, the spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Maria Zakharova, congratulated Trump and JD Vance for their “restraint miracle” not to strike the president of Ukraine.
It is a sign of the new world in which we seem to be now that, although American-Ukrainian relations are at risk of implosion, the reverse is true for American-Russia ties.
In recent weeks, Trump and Putin have spoken on the phone and have committed to working in close collaboration; There is soon a possible summit; American levels of American level of lower level to reset relationships and discuss potential economic cooperation have already started.
President Putin suspended the carrot of lucrative joint projects with the Americans involving minerals of rare earths and aluminum production.
The implications of a rupture of relations between Ukraine and the United States are potentially very serious for kyiv, but very positive for Moscow.
If the flow of American weapons to Ukraine was to stop, it would be much more difficult for Ukrainians to defend themselves against the Russian forces which invaded their country, even if Ukraine benefits from solidarity and strong support from European leaders.
For some time now, Moscow believed that the war in Ukraine was going to Russia. The cries match in the oval office will have cemented this view.
