The Kremlin, the Russian Presidential Palace, said on the 9th that no matter what the result of the US midterm elections, it will not help improve the bad relations between the two countries at this stage. Russia also denied interfering in the election.
On November 7, in the Russian capital Moscow , people visited an open-air exhibition with the theme of commemorating the 1941 Soviet Red Square military parade. Source: Xinhua News Agency
The 2022 U.S. midterm elections were held on the 8th local time, and will re-elect all 435 seats in the House of Representatives and 35 of the 100 seats in the Senate. In addition, the governors of 36 of the 50 states in the United States, the governors of three overseas territories, and a large number of executive and legislative officials across the United States are also facing re-election.
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Russian Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov html told media reporters on the 29th that the US midterm election is important, but there is no need to exaggerate its impact on Russia-US relations. "This election will not bring about any substantial changes. The relationship between the two countries is bad now and will still be bad in the future."
Peskov also denied the claim that Russia interfered in the US midterm elections. He said that Russia is used to hearing such statements and ignores them.
In response to the US's statement that it hopes to have a dialogue with Russia in the near future on restarting the verification activity of the " New Strategic Weapon Reduction Treaty ", Peskov said that given the fragile relationship between the two sides, it is too early to talk about this topic at this stage.
The New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty was signed by the United States and Russia in 2010 and came into effect on February 5, 2011 and is valid for 10 years. After the US-Russia Intermediate-Future Treaty expired in 2019, this treaty became the only arms control treaty between the two countries. On February 3, 2021, Russia and the United States exchanged diplomatic notes and completed the relevant internal procedures for extending the validity period of the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, and the agreement will take effect on the day. The validity period of the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty is extended to February 5, 2026, and the content of the treaty remains unchanged.
In August this year, the Russian Foreign Ministry announced that Russia was forced to temporarily withdraw from the facility verification mechanism of the New Strategic Weapons Reduction Treaty, because " Washington has always hoped to restart verification activities without considering the current actual conditions, create unilateral advantages for the United States and deprive Russia of its right to conduct verification in US territory."
(Original title: Kremlin : US-Mid-term elections do not help improve Russia-US relations)
Source: Xinhua News Agency
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