“Much ADO about nothing”, says the Washington correspondent of the Russian state broadcaster ORT, Julia phones,. For the report from U.S. special investigator Robert Mueller 500 witnesses were interviewed “hundreds of phone calls heard, tens of thousands of documents have been worked through – but the mountain has given birth to a mouse.” With the investigation, the United States had squandered millions of dollars of taxpayers ‘ money – for nothing. The number “25’000’000 $” flashes on the screen.

According to the special investigator, Mueller, Russia has not tried to influence the US presidential election in 2016, evidence of actual cooperation was not Mueller, but: “The investigation revealed that members of the Trump-election campaign team conspired with the Russian government in the election of a non-interference activities, or coordinated”, it means in his report.

“Not a Russian Agent”

The result of the investigation was a fiasco for the United States, and declared Russian commentators. But that doesn’t stop the anti-Russian forces in the United States, to warn undaunted in the front of a Russian threat. This is now proves that “Trump is not a Russian Agent”. “That Mueller has found no conspiracy, this is of course good for Trump,” says the editor-in-Chief of the Kremlin-controlled RT television, Margarita Simonyan. “But for us, it plays no role at all. Because now you say There was no conspiracy, but Russia interfered nonetheless. From my own, disloyal Initiative.”

Not all of them wanted to see the result as negative. The report documents what we’ve always known, said Konstantin Kosachev, the Russian upper house’s foreign policy responsible. But “now we have a Chance, our relationship. The question is whether Trump takes the risk.” Russia is definitely ready. He suggest to start with the most pressing problems: with the negotiations on the arms agreement, the Start and INF.

Putin soon in the White house?

Maybe Trump will make now for the relations with Putin to develop, said political analyst Fyodor Lukyanov, who advises the Kremlin in foreign policy questions. “But all this will not lead to anything”, because in the USA the choice to begin now to fight the political attacks on Trump were. “No one has anything, if he campaigns for better relations with Russia.” As a litmus test to the question of whether Trump invites the Russian President Vladimir Putin in the White house applies to Lukyanov. A scheduled Meeting was postponed, the results of the Russia-report to be seen.

The Kremlin has demonstrated, meanwhile, is as close as possible to a meal lack of. In the Morning, it was said succinctly, you have not dealt yet with the issue. Later, Putin’s spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, said that in the paper there was nothing New””. “It is not difficult to find a black cat in a dark room, especially if it is not there.”

(editing Tamedia)

Created: 25.03.2019, 15:02 PM