MADRID, 9 Nov. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Russian Presidency has asked this Wednesday “not to exaggerate” the importance of the mid-term elections in the United States for the situation of bilateral relations, amid the tensions arising from the invasion of Ukraine.
“We are carefully analyzing the information that emerges (in relation to the elections),” said the Kremlin spokesman, Dimitri Peskov, who has recognized that the ‘midterm’ “are important”, according to the Russian news agency Interfax.
However, he asked “not to be mistaken” and stated that “it is not necessary to exaggerate the importance of the elections for the short and medium-term future of bilateral relations.” “These elections will not fundamentally change anything. Relationships are bad and will remain bad,” she argued.
Peskov has also pointed out that the Kremlin “is used” to accusations from the United States about “interference” in its electoral system, days after the Russian oligarch Yevgeni Prigozhin, close to the country’s president, Vladimir Putin, and founder of the Wagner Group , acknowledge having “interfered” in the past in democratic processes in the United States.
In response, White House spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre said Prigozhin’s comments “do not say anything new or surprising, as we all know.” “It is well known and well documented at the public level that entities associated with Yevgeni Prigozhin have attempted to influence elections around the world, including the United States,” she concluded.
