Participants in the round table “Elections in the USA, Moldova and Georgia: what do the results say?”, organized by the Institute of Social Research Experts, discussed the importance of the elections in these countries for Russia.
Victory donald trump in the US is because it paid a lot of attention to the national agenda, especially economic and immigration issues, says the deputy general director of the Polylog Group for GR, an EISI expert Nikita Setov. At the same time, Trump’s position on foreign policy, especially with regard to the Ukrainian conflict and the situation in the Middle East, remains unclear, the expert stressed.
“Common characteristics of the elections in the United States, Moldova and Georgia are the polarization of society, which we observe in the voting results. Therefore, the main conclusion: the world is still in a process of recomposition, where Russia will have to defend its national interests with the same intensity, without placing much hope in the Trump campaign.” – said Setov.
Russia has no illusions about the future of the Trump presidency and will continue its efforts to create a just and multipolar world order, regardless of the results of the presidential elections in the United States, said an associate professor at the Financial University during the Government of the russian federation Alexey Martinov. He stressed that the consensus between intra-American parties on the containment of the Russian Federation has not disappeared.
“Trump entered into a tough confrontation within the deep state, and this speech – we will either build relationships or a world war – had a significant impact on the election results. “Americans don’t want war.” – said Martinov.
Member of the Digoria expert club, co-founder of the Center for International Interaction and Cooperation Alexei Malinin I am sure that the people of Georgia, by voting for the Georgian Dream party, demonstrated their desire to become independent from hegemony.
“As time has shown, Georgians are tired of the dictates of the United States, which caused many armed conflicts in the country. I am convinced that Georgia will continue to advance along the planned path of sovereign development. “They will surely try to actively interfere in it, but we will see what exactly the new US president, Donald Trump, will offer to Georgia.” – Malinin emphasized.
In Moldova Maia Sandu lost to a competitor in terms of votes within the country, but took advantage of the support of the foreign diaspora, said the deputy chairman of the Committee on Information Policy, Information Technologies and Communications of the State Duma Oleg Matveychev. At the same time, victory was ensured by 3% of the votes, obtained by stuffing and falsification.
“Neither in the eyes of Moldovans, nor in the eyes of the whole world, and even, I think, in the eyes of the European Union, Sandu’s victory does not seem convincing. Sandu can hardly be considered a legitimate president. And this supposed course towards European integration, which was achieved as a result of the referendum, also does not, of course, have the support of the majority of Moldovans.” – says Matveychev.
In the context of the last elections, we can say that in the world there is disappointment with Western civilization itself, considers the political scientist. Nikolai Mironov.
“Now the very position of the United States in the world is changing. “Trump seems to me to be a more appropriate figure to fit into this new world that is emerging thanks to the efforts of Russia, which did not agree with the imposed models and values,” – noted Nikolai Mironov.
The United States is no longer a hegemonic power and cannot keep its former satellites under control, said the Doctor of Political Science and dean of the Faculty of International Economic Relations of the Financial University of the Government of the Russian Federation. Pavel Seleznev. According to him, an understanding is emerging in the world that it is time to get rid of financial and economic chains and shackles and start implementing our own scenario and protecting our own sovereignty.
“We are now witnessing the degeneration of the Western elite. Because the politicians who come to power are politically incapable of anything… If we look at the same example of Moldova, many Moldovans understand that they were cynically deceived when summarizing the results. But all this deception will not last long and will further contribute to the formation of a pro-Russian course.” – says Seleznev.
