Thread: Putin spokesman: Moscow's relationship with US may be worse than Cold War

Putin spokesman: Moscow's relationship with US may be worse than Cold War

By Edmund DeMarche
Published April 01, 2017

A top spokesman for Russian President Putin said Friday that the U.S.’s relationship with Moscow may be worse than during the Cold War.

Dmitry Peskov, a Kremlin spokesman, told ABC News that President Obama’s sanctions before leaving office and swirling allegations that Moscow interfered with the elections contributed to the relationship discord.

Peskov denied reports that Russia interfered with the elections. He said many Russians supported Trump’s presidency due to remarks he made during his campaign.

“The reasons is very simple,” he said. “It’s not about preferring someone. It’s about whose ideas are more close to you and whose ideas are more welcome in Russian public opinion.”

Trump has defended his staff from criticism about their relationships with Russian officials. His former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn as forced to resign in February after media reports showed he misled Vice President Pence about a conversation he had with the Russian ambassador during the transition period.

Flynn’s connections to Russia are being looked at by the FBI and form part of the Russia probe by the House and Senate intelligence committees.

Flynn’s attorney had said Thursday that the retired general is in discussions with the House and Senate intelligence committees, indicating he wants immunity from "unfair prosecution" in exchange for talking.

Meanwhile, Russian submarines have increased combat patrols to the level last seen during the Cold War, its navy chief said.

Adm. Vladimir Korolyov said that Russian submarine crews spent more than 3,000 days on patrol last year, matching the Soviet-era operational tempo.

“It’s an excellent level,” he said in remarks carried by state RIA Novosti news agency.

Peskov told ABC that he hopes relationships between the U.S. and Russia improve.

“I think if two presidents meet each other, if they exchange views and if they decide that they want to reestablish a dialogue, then there will be a chance for our bilateral relations to get better.”

The Associated Press contributed to this report

Edmund DeMarche is a news editor for FoxNews.com. Follow him on Twitter @EDeMarche.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017...-cold-war.html

Peskov denied reports that Russia interfered with the elections. He said many Russians supported Trump’s presidency due to remarks he made during his campaign.

“The reasons is very simple,” he said. “It’s not about preferring someone. It’s about whose ideas are more close to you and whose ideas are more welcome in Russian public opinion.”

Of course the Russian people would like Trump. Trump wanted to improve our relations with Russia. Be friendly nations. Work on nuclear disarmament. Work on Syria together. Work on ending terrorism. Work on economic issues that benefit both countries. Work on defeating globalists. Work together as two countries with common views on protected trade and limited immigration, putting their own citizens first.

Why would any nation be opposed to a good relationship between the two largest nuclear powers on Earth? Why would any American be opposed to that? We would jeopardize this relationship over Crimea which is Russian by nationality? All these morons in Congress who have literally bankrupted our government and sat idle while Americans are butchered and robbed by illegal aliens are not the ones to listen to or follow. These are the idiots whose policies, votes, statements, and positions have gotten US into this mess, so they are not the people who can solve any of these problems, because they are one of the problems.

So, Americans need to hold tight for our own benefit to Trump's desire to build a good mutually beneficial relationship with Russia. Russia didn't interfere with our democracy. Russia didn't "manipulate" the 2016 election. Russia hasn't ever attacked America with information, trade or deed. Ever.

While illegal aliens and immigrants from every other country on Earth pour into our country demanding welfare and charity, , the poor in Russia won't even ask for welfare assistance in their own country that they're entitled to because they consider it shameful.

http://russialist.org/russias-new-po...iologist-says/

I'm telling you all, we have a lot more in common with the Russian people than people might think, so we'd be fools to let this opportunity for Trump and Putin to work a deal that benefits all 300 million of US and 145 million of them to pass US by because the Snowflakes, Sore Losers and some Very Strange Republicans couldn't get over the fact that Donald Trump won the election.

So Trump needs to press on, he's got the judgment and knowledge to pull this off, and not deprive the people of two of the most important countries on the planet of the friendship and goodwill both seek and deserve.

This is exactly what he democrats and main stream media wanted and worked so hard for. There are still questions if Russia did in fact try to influence our election and then there is the new investigation about a US server trying to get into election files in several states. It was traced back to the US not Russia. It will take a while but it will hopefully all come out. http://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/oba.../26/id/770583/

While things might have been more confrontational on the ground - Ukraine and NATO for example - it is hard to compare what we have now with the hair trigger situation we had between two strategically nuclear posed powers.