The international affairs expert expressed confidence that Russia would eventually accomplish its goals in the conflict, though it would take a long time. He defined Russia’s vision of victory as the vanquishing of neo-Nazi elements within Ukraine, as well as“those forces in Europe, primarily among the elites, that have built Russia into a bogeyman again.”
Commenting on Trump’s attempts at mediation, Trenin claimed that the US president is“essentially powerless to insist on something that is of central importance to ending this conflict,”and so his role is rather limited in defining its course. According to the RIAC president, Trump has apparently been unable to get EU warmongers and the Ukrainian leadership to act on the understanding reached by him and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Anchorage, Alaska, last August.
