Russian Media Calls US Election Choice Between 'The Bad and Very Bad'

Russian media outlets and politicians are not optimistic about the likelihood that their country will improve its relationship with the United States, regardless of whether President Donald Trump or Joe Biden wins the election, according to Newsweek.

In a Facebook post, Leonid Slutsky, chair of the parliamentary international affairs committee, wrote that "anti-Russian" agenda was already pervasive in the United States and "there is no need to expect any changes for the better in Russian-American relations, and that is very unfortunate."

Konstantin Kosachev, chairman of the Federation Council's foreign affairs committee upper house, said that concerns about Russian meddling in the this year's presidential U.S. election were "never convincingly proven."

"Let's not forget that in recent years White House policy on Russia did not come from the presidential administration, but from the mood in Congress," Kosachev wrote on Facebook. He added that the U.S. Senate race will help to mend the fences between the United States and Russia.    

Russian newspaper Moskovsky Komsomolets recently published an op-ed illustrating the lose-lose proposition of having Biden or Trump as president.

"Joe Biden's victory could mean a deepening and a widening of sanctions and other pressure," it said. "For Russia, the American presidential campaign is a choice between the bad and the very bad. Whatever happens, our statesmen will not be drinking champagne. Stronger drinks are more appropriate."

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