After weeks of speculation, Joe Biden has decided to give up his bid to win a second term as US president. He made the announcement last night, and has now backed his Vice President Kamala Harris. When asked how Russian President Vladimir Putin receives the news, Russia expert Malcolm Dixelius replies that the news brings uncertainty in Russia. – From the Russian side there is an uncertainty that they don’t like, now they will have to sit down and go through completely different scenarios from what they had imagined from the beginning, he says to TV4 Nyheterna. “Wants to sabotage Harris” Biden has announced that he will remain president until January, when his term ends. For Malcolm Dixelius, it is clear that Russia prefers to see Donald Trump as the winner and that they will do what they can to influence the American election campaign – but that they will encounter a bigger patrol this time. – I think they will try to find ways to sabotage Kamala Harris. After all, they were successful with their way of exploiting social media when Trump won in 2016, but I think the vigilance will be greater this time, he says. – Russia’s tactic is to try to weaken the United States and the entire cohesion in the West. They will use different influence operations. They can’t do much else because they have no status in the US. It doesn’t matter what they say and think officially, but influence actions are Russia’s strongest weapon. “Don’t want Trump” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy showed his gratitude to Joe Biden in a post on X yesterday. The country does not want Trump back as president. – The most important thing for Ukraine is to acquire allies for a future peace negotiation that we know will come sooner or later, says Malcolm Dixelius. – They don’t want Trump because he will try to speed up the negotiations. Ukraine wants a president in the United States who will listen to their demands and who will support them until they are in a better negotiating position. Maybe not a complete victory but a better position. They want Russia on the defensive before negotiating.
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