Donald Trump Just Offered Putin Exactly What He Wants

USA intelligence agencies have concluded that the Russian government, at the direction of Putin, hacked several US targets as part of an “influence campaign” to shape the outcome of the election.

Russian Federation denies it tried to sway the USA election by hacking or other means and Trump has played down the allegations.

Ties between Washington and Moscow declined significantly under the Obama administration. Trump has said he accepted the intelligence agencies’ conclusion. A lesser 40 percent believe that the information released as a result of the cyber attacks “was significant enough to change the outcome of the election”.

The Russian President claimed reports of Russia gathering intelligence on Mr Trump were false, adding: “Our security services do not chase every USA billionaire”.

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When asked whether they think he’ll be too easy on Russia or will handle Russian relations about right, 75 percent of Democrats say the former while 80 percent of Republicans say the latter.

Those sanctions ordered 35 Russian intelligence operatives out of the country, shut down two Russian compounds, in Maryland and NY, used by Russian personnel for intelligence-related purposes, and sanctioned five Russian entities and four individuals.

Donald Trump speaks during the American Conservative Union Conference on March 6, 2014 in National Harbor, Maryland.

The sanctions have also been accompanied by a de facto freeze on foreign investment in Russian Federation, with investors spooked by the measures and fears of further Kremlin adventures.

However, Power claimed that Russian Federation under President Vladimir Putin is taking steps to weaken the global order, and argued the United States and its partners must join to prevent Russian Federation from doing so.

Trump himself has noted that he would hope for improvement of relations with Russian Federation and promised that Russian Federation would respect the USA under his presidency. The Obama administration extended the US sanctions at the end of December.

Jason Healey, a Columbia University scholar, calls the election hacking one of the most serious kinds of conflict we’ve ever come across. “If you get along and if Russian Federation is really helping us, why would anybody have sanctions if somebody’s doing some really great things?”

“It’s clear Putin does not care about sanctions or other diplomatic means we might use to get him to back down.”

However, Patrushev added that he did not expect rapid improvements or a swift lifting of sanctions he said the West had deliberately imposed to “hold Russian Federation back” because the two sides were starting from such a low base.