Russian International Minister Sergei Lavrov welcomes his North Korean counterpart Choe Son Hui in Moscow, Russia, Nov. 1, 2024. | Picture credit score: Russian Ministry of International Affairs.
The US and Russia are very near participating in a “direct army battle,” warned Russian International Minister Sergei Lavrov in an interview revealed on Friday (November 1, 2024) in a Turkish newspaper, just a few days earlier than the American presidential elections.
“Underneath the present president (Joe Biden), who has taken the downward spiral of Russophobia in the USA to its logical conclusion, our international locations are getting ready to direct army battle,” he informed the Hurryet every day, with out giving additional particulars.
Requested about subsequent week’s US election that may pit former Republican President Donald Trump towards Democratic candidate Kamala Harris, Lavrov stated the end result would make little distinction to Russia.
“We’ve got no desire. When the Trump administration was in energy, it adopted the most important variety of anti-Russian sanctions in comparison with its predecessors,” he stated.
“Irrespective of who wins the election, we don’t imagine that the USA’ anti-Russian inclination can change.”
Though Trump has beforehand made clear his fondness for Russia’s Vladimir Putin, the 2 males will not be shut and have maintained a intentionally ambiguous relationship.
Final week, the Russian president stated his relationship with Washington would rely on the perspective he adopts after the vote, and welcomed as “honest” Trump’s feedback about his need to finish the battle in Ukraine.
In September, Microsoft claimed that Russian brokers had stepped up their disinformation operations to smear the Harris marketing campaign by means of conspiracy-driven movies, elevating considerations about overseas affect operations concentrating on the vote.
Revealed – Nov 01, 2024 10:51 pm IST
