ISW: Defeating Trump, Putin wants to reset relations between the Russian Federation and the United States on his own terms

Trump and Putin. Photo: Getty Images

Analysts at the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) indicate that Russian governor Vladimir Putin wants to reset Russian-American relations on his own terms under the presidency of Donald Trump.

Source ISW

Literally ISW: “Putin is trying to influence newly elected US President Donald Trump’s foreign policy and achieve another reset of Russian-American relations on Russia’s terms.”

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Details Putin spoke at the 21st annual meeting of the Valdai Debating Club on November 7 and speak for the resettlement of Russian-American relations.

Putin said Trump’s presidential campaign had “desired to restore relations with Russia, to help end the Ukraine crisis,” and later noted that Russia open to “the possibility of restoring relations with the United States.”

Putin tried to blame the US for weakening Russian-American relations, noting that the United States imposed sanctions and restrictions on Russia and cut aid to Kyiv – not to mention that these measures were in response to Russia’s illegal and unprofessional full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

Analysts note that Putin’s statement means that Russia will agree to the restoration of Russian-American relations only on the condition that the United States lifts sanctions and restrictions against Russia and does not they stopped supporting Ukraine – in fact, on terms that benefit Russia at the expense of US interests.

Key ISW results for November 7:

• Putin is trying to influence newly elected US President Donald Trump’s foreign policy and achieve another reset of Russian-American relations on his own terms.
• A recent failed attack by Russian troops northeast of Seversk near Belogorovka has sparked outrage among some ultranationalist Russian military blogs about the failure of Russian discipline and the common practice in Russian military culture of being adding to the success on the battlefield.
• It was reported that a Russian brigade commander and a sniper platoon commander were killed in battles in the direction of Kurakhovsky and Chasovo-Yarsky.
• Ukrainian authorities continue to report the execution of Ukrainian prisoners of war by the Russians, noting a clear increase in the number of executions in 2024.
• Ukrainian strikes on Russia and Western sanctions are reportedly undermining Russia’s energy industry.
• Russian troops advanced near Seversk, Pokrovsk and Kurakhovo.
• Russian authorities are reportedly creating “fake” non-combatant volunteer battalions in occupied Ukraine and merging them with existing Cossack groups under the occupation administration.