Obama, passing the APEC summit, assured Russia in friendship, having read Romny in absentia for "enemy number one"

US President Barack Obama, passing the APEC summit in Vladivostok, sent his Russian colleague Vladimir Putin assurances in friendship, however, in absentia and indirectly. Speaking on Thursday late at night at the National Congress of the Native Democratic Party, Obama besieged his rival in the elections of Mitt Romny , known for sharp attacks on Russia and its leadership. At the same time, the State Department again called not to look for the background that Obama did not come to Vladivostok. Many journalists saw in his refusal the answer to Putin, who ignored the May Forum of the Eight in Kemp-David.

In his speech on Thursday, Obama noticed that Romny, a candidate from the Republican Party, has no "track record" in the field of foreign policy and national security. Nevertheless, he allows himself to talk about the fact that Russia is the "main geopolitical enemy" of the USA.

- Peskov hinted that Russia is not interested in the details of the election campaign in the United States
- In the United States, they were inspired by Putin's flight with "amazing birds"

“You will not call Russia - Russia, and not Al -Qaeda - our main geopolitical enemy, if only your thinking is stuck at the time of the Cold War,” commented the American president at the Charlotte of Charlotte of Severnaya Karolina. It is quoted on Friday ITAR -TASS.

This thesis of Obama was reflected in the Party platform adopted at the congress, with which she goes to the November elections. "Thinking of the Cold War, which Mitt Romney demonstrated, saying that Russia is" our geopolitical enemy number one "ignores the real common interests that we share with Russia: the reduction of nuclear arsenals, the prevention of its additional distribution in countries such as Iran and North Korea, as well as the prevention of nuclear materials in the hands of terrorists," the one said in parts of the text dedicated to Russia. The translation provides Slon.ru.

"Expanded cooperation with Russia was and will be the key to achieving the above goals. At the same time, we are frank with the Russians when we do not agree with them. The administration will not forget about our disagreement, posed these issues immediately before the Russian government. And we will continue to criticize the actions of Russia that do not suit us, such as their support of the Assad regime in Syria," the party platform says Democrats.

The Republican Party program, on the contrary, announces a course for radicalization in foreign policy and, in particular, in relations with Russia. Criticality in relation to the Russian Federation has long become the leitmotif of Mitt Romny's speeches. On Thursday, his representative said that the chef would support the bill to grant Russia the status of a normal trading partner only in conjunction with the "Magnitsky Law" . The representative accused the White House administration of for the sake of Russia trying to avoid the adoption of the law with sanctions against its high -ranking officials.

The first statements of this kind were made even before the start of the election campaign. Then, on Romny’s website, his election program was published, in which he promised in the event of a “curb” Moscow in the case of coming to power.

At the end of January, the Republican in one of the interviews then called the presidential candidate Vladimir Putin "Tiran" and the "threat of global security". And one of the most scandalous statements was made by Romny in March: arguing about the prospects for deploying a pro system in Europe, the politician called Russia "a geopolitical enemy number one."

The State Department urged not to pay attention to the absence of Obama at the APEC summit and the brevity of Clinton's meeting with Putin

Meanwhile, the US State Department described American-Russian relations as “good” and “strong”. The official representative of the department Patrick Ventrell also called not to look for a subtext that Barack Obama is missing at the APEC summit in Vladivostok and that the meeting of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton with Russian President Vladimir Putin would be brief.

“We have good relations. You know that the“ rebooting ”has brought significant fruits, which is very important. Of course, there are spheres in which we have disagreements, and such a sphere is now Syria. But we still have productive relations with Russia, and the Secretary of State is impatiently awaiting a meeting with a number of foreign leaders. We are grateful to the Russians for the fact that they conduct the ATES semit,” - RIA Novosti Ventrell at a briefing on Thursday quotes RIA Novosti .

And commenting on Obama’s refusal from a trip to Vladivostok, the representative of the State Department said: “I would not draw any conclusions from the fact that Putin did not come here (we are talking about the May summit“ Eight in the Camp David.- Approx. Ed. ). In the USA there is now the political season, and therefore the president could not go there. Our relationship is strong. "

At the same time, the representative of the State Department did not confirm that the meeting of Hillary Clinton with Vladimir Putin was generally planned. “We cannot, two days before the arrival of the US Secretary of State (to Vladivostok), confirm who she will meet and how long the meeting will last,” explained Ventrell, quoted by Interfax quoted.

Earlier, Assistant Presidential Assistance to the President of the Russian Federation Yuri Ushakov said that the meeting should take place. “Maybe Madame Clinton will tell something about her impressions of the development of the domestic political situation,” he said and said that Putin’s brief conversation with her was scheduled for September 8 during admission on behalf of the president in honor of the summit guests.

In turn, the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov, speaking of a brief meeting of Putin and Clinton, said that Russia is determined to discuss all acute points. “There is no meeting in the office in the schedule,” he said, clarifying that a brief conversation will be held on the sidelines of the “on your feet” summit. He added that Clinton’s thorough negotiations are planned with the Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on September 8. “There will be an opportunity to talk with Putin,” Peskov said.

Peskov hinted that Russia is not interested in the details of the election campaign in the United States

Putin’s spokesman also made a comment on the topic of American elections. According to him, Russia hopes that, regardless of who will win, there will be no place for confrontation words and statements, RIA Novosti reports.

Answering the questions of journalists, Peskov noted that the details of the election campaign in the United States can hardly be the main points on the agenda of the Russian state. “But still, the process and potential result in itself, who will win in this race is the decision of American voters, and for us the main thing is to be sure that, regardless of the result, the relationship will be continued, mutual political will to dialogue, to solve all the controversial issues of political and diplomatic means,” he said.

In the United States, they were inspired by Putin's flight with "amazing birds"

The representative of the State Department, who was talking about relations with Russia, was awarded the flight of Vladimir Putin with cranes over Yamal, who inspired the witticism of all stripes in the Russian blogosphere and forced Peskov to accuse mockery of insanity .

The United States positively evaluate the attention of the Russian government and the President of Russia to the protection of wildlife, and are ready to cooperate in this matter, said Patrick Ventrell. I don’t know whether you are in the know or not, but the Siberian cranes (sores) are a species that is in danger. And President Putin is personally involved in the problem (their salvation), ” Interfax quotes the diplomat.

"We watched videos on this topic. Both the Russian government and President Putin are clearly aimed at maintaining the wild nature in its original form," he said. As Ventrell noted, "Putin's example emphasizes that the world community should pay more attention to" the fate of the Sterhs, whom the representative of the State Department called "amazing birds."

He noted that the problem of nature also concerns the United States, so they are "ready to continue cooperation with Russia in the protection of a number of rare species, including leopards, tigers, polar bears."