“Such articles have been appearing not for one year, but for about three years. And they are connected with the fact that China is the main threat to the United States, and the recognition of Crimea is a tool to at least normalize relations with Russia ... And if you read other articles, Crimea is just one of the possible steps ... But the establishment , holding back Trump, believes that America has enough resources to simultaneously hold back the whole world. This is the difference from realistic politics and frenzied idealism, ”he said.
According to Blokhin, the improvement of relations between Russia and the United States will affect the relations of other countries to Russia.
“If the USA, as the flagship and leader of the West, normalizes relations with Russia, then this will give a green light to normalize relations to all other countries. But to say that normalization will abruptly happen in all respects at once is hardly possible. Because there are many problems in Russian-American relations ... Crimea, they may recognize that there will be an improvement in this area, but there will be many “frozen” problems on other issues, ”the expert added.
Earlier, an American ex-diplomat Ortblad called for recognition of Crimea as Russian to improve relations with Moscow.
Crimea became the Russian region after a referendum held in March 2014, at which most residents spoke out for reunification with Russia.