Former US Ambassador in Moscow Michael McFaall said that in America there are supporters of the ideas of the President of Russia Vladimir Putin, as well as mechanisms, with which this ideology applies. His words lead RIA Novosti.
One of them is RT TV channel, explained the diplomat. He noted that in the first ten years in power, the Russian leader promoted his ideas within the country, but in the future began to broadcast them into other states, having dozens of different ways for this. The ex-head of the diplism recognized that Putin has achieved a certain success.
McFalls described the ideas of the President of Russia as conservative and orthodox. “There is a long list of political leaders and movements in Europe, which bowed to Putin, unlike our government system in the United States. And even in the US there are people who support the ideas of Putin, including our former President Donald Trump, which in many ideological Aspects closer to Putin than to President Bidenu, “he added.
The former ambassador compared the modern rivalry in his ideological aspect with the early stages of the Cold War and noted that this was not for a long time. He stated that Putin “plays poker with a bunch of twists and triples in his arms,” but any cards do not have, he proved that he wants to use them.
Earlier, McFall said that Russia was ahead of America in some aspects of the sphere of weapons, and this is a “frightening fact” to which many do not pay attention. He clarified that, first of all, we are talking about nuclear weapons. It got not only as an inheritance from the USSR, Russian leader Vladimir Putin has invested the “fantastic amount of money” in the modernization of certain systems.