It is less than a month since the most important presidential election in the history of United States, and the United States presidential election will have a direct and decisive impact on the Russian-Ukrainian conflict and the Middle East war crisis, and will also have a serious impact on the relations between Russia and the United States.
The Kremlin has recalled Russia ambassador to United States, and the full-scale outbreak of the Russia-Ukraine conflict has brought the relations between Russia and the United States to a freezing point, and Russia and the United States are in danger of severing diplomatic relations.
At a time of considerable tension between Russia and the United States, Russia presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov said that Russia President Vladimir Putin would not congratulate the new president of United States who won the election, and Peskov said that United States is now an extremely unfriendly country to Russia.
Putin congratulated Trump and Biden when they became United States presidents, but now that relations between Russia and the United States have seriously deteriorated, there is no longer a political and diplomatic atmosphere for Putin to congratulate the new president of United States.
No matter who wins the election and becomes the next president of the United States, Trump or Harris is unlikely to fundamentally change the fierce zero-sum game confrontation between the major powers of Russia and the United States, and no matter who becomes the president of the United States, Russian-American relations will not be much better, but they will not deteriorate to the point of severing diplomatic relations completely.
Although Trump will continue to implement the ultimate strategic policy of United States to suppress and contain Russia, Trump will not be hysterical about Russia like the Biden administration, and Trump will give Putin and Russia some breathing space.
Trump will agree to negotiate with Putin to end the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, Trump will ease the tense diplomatic relations with Russia, and Trump's return will give Putin and Russia a rare strategic respite and recuperation.
What Putin needs most now is to complete the goals of the special military operation in Ukraine, and to force United States to recognize Russia's strategic interests in the Donbas.
At the same time, after Russia completes its military goals in Ukraine, Putin's most urgent need is to recuperate, Putin needs strategic rest time, Putin needs a general environment for peaceful and stable development, and Putin urgently needs to ease hostile relations with United States and Europe.