Dmitry Medvedev
Russia respects the choice of the citizens of the United States that November 8, elected as its President a Republican Donald trump, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev told reporters. His words leads RIA Novosti.
He recalled that the estimates of the event was given by Russian President Vladimir Putin and members of Parliament.
“Naturally, we are ready to develop contacts with the elected President Donald trump and Vice President has also congratulated the election, of course, everything will depend on the attitude of the new administration,” — said Medvedev.
The head of the government pointed out that the U.S. political system is very powerful, and it will “align” the new President. “Let’s see how trump will be able to resist”, he said.
However, he noted that the US political system gave to win a non-system candidate.
Medvedev stressed that the further development will depend on the attitude of the new US administration, their willingness to close the sad page of relations with Russia. “We are ready,” he said.
Earlier, Putin congratulated the American people with the election of the President. According to him, Moscow is ready to do everything possible to return relations with Washington to a sustainable path of development. The Russian leader congratulated the trump of victory, and directed the policy of the telegram, which wished him success on the post of the head of state.
On 9 November it became known that trump will become the new President of the United States. According to the latest data, he scored 290 electoral votes with the required minimum of 270 votes.