Trending claims

Moscow is convinced Westerners remain far more afraid of Russian nuclear threats than Russians are of West-supported strikes

Personal rapport means nothing

Medvedev is now mainly known for his inflammatory comments

They are still avoiding direct attacks on Trump but going after those around him

Everyone realizes Putin has no desire to end war which remains his main tool for controlling society

Putin views any American administration is temporary and any deal with it is meaningless according to people author talked to

Trump has shown appetite for trade wars even with allies and has promised to penalize India with extra tariffs

Kremlin found it amusing when Karoline Leavitt rushed to deny U.S.-backed strikes on Moscow

Dmitri Medvedev leads the charge

Russian propagandists refrained from criticizing new American administration or Trump personally under orders from Kremlin

Senator Lindsey Graham has been singled out as Russophobic extremist especially after he suggested Putin should call Ayatollah

Real restrictions would lead to spike in global oil prices and that would mean higher gasoline prices in United States and significant political blowback

If America were to impose secondary sanctions on countries that continue to buy Russian oil and gas first targets would have to be China India and Turkey

President Emmanuel Macron of France became main target of attacks instead

In Russia public opinion no longer matters

In West public opinion would never accept civilian casualties from attack

Trump might have soured on Putin but Russia’s president couldn’t care less

Visit to Moscow of America’s envoy for peace missions Steve Witkoff won’t change that

Hostility is the policy

Kremlin believes it can handle anything thrown at it after weathering more than three years of sanctions