Vyacheslav Volodin
Victory to Donald Trump on the US presidential election provided a “dirty tricks” that were used against the Republican. This point of view, the Chairman of the State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin announced in an interview with NTV, the text of which is published on the website of the TV channel.
According to him, in the course of the race had made the various statements, “from which we [Russian politics], for example, already weaned, because they have been used since the mid-90s”.
“Maybe that’s just such an unprecedented smear campaign against Trump and the pressure and ensured him the victory, because people are just outraged and supported his candidacy,” — said Volodin.
The speaker noted that it adorns the electoral system. “We need to talk about the political culture, but in this case this culture is just not there”, — he concluded.
Donald trump won the last 8 of the November election with 290 electoral votes, while the required minimum is 270. His rival from the Democratic party, Hillary Clinton only got 228 votes. In his speech on the occasion of the election, trump promised to seek common ground, not hostility with partners in the world.
The inauguration of the elected head of state will be held on January 20, 2017.