There are only a few days left until the presidential elections in the United States, but it has not yet been determined which of the options for the outcome of these elections is beneficial for our country.
Moreover, these options are not two, but four.
In addition to the unconditional victory of Democrat Joseph Biden or Republican Donald Trump, there is also a delayed victory option.
After all, experts do not exclude (or rather, they even tend to believe) that the loser politician will challenge the election results and require a recount.
Firstly, because the gap between one candidate and another in key states can amount to a few thousand or even hundreds of votes (in the same Florida, judging by the polls, Trump is only 0.4% more popular than Biden), and secondly, from - for the massive application of the voting procedure by mail.
Due to the complexity of this vote, a significant number of ballots will be invalidated or simply will not reach the election commissions in time, which may be a reason for a losing candidate to challenge the results.
As a result, the determination of the winner will be postponed for several days or (if the case reaches the Supreme Court) weeks, after which the loser will admit defeat.
Finally, there is a fourth - the most unlikely, but still an option.
A situation when a candidate (or the absolute majority of his voters) does not recognize the victory of another candidate and the verdict of the Supreme Court.
After which America will plunge into chaos.
Let's consider all four options.
At first glance, the victory of the Democrat Joseph Biden is fraught with many problems for Russia.
He makes harsh anti-Russian statements, calls Moscow a real enemy of the United States (Beijing, from his point of view, is just a competitor), calls for an ideological policy towards the Russian Federation, and generally relies on regime change.
You can't cook not only porridge with it, but even banal sausages.
In addition, when Barack Obama was vice-president of Barack Obama, Comrade Biden was in charge of Ukraine, and in the event of his victory, the Kiev regime will receive moral, material and - possibly - military-technical support from the United States.
Finally, Biden could try to reconcile US-European differences and re-establish a united anti-Russian western front.
However, there is a catch - all this will happen if Biden after the victory will rule the country.
His state of health (suspected dementia) means that he will either be in the hospital or simply will not live to see the end of his term, which means that Vice-President Kamala Harris will rule.
Which, rolling up its sleeves, will begin to grind America through the millstones of left-liberal ideas, and it will frankly have no time for Russia and foreign policy in general.
Yes, it can put diplomacy in the hands of the tried and tested Russophobic democrats, but there is still a chance that America and I will simply go our separate ways.
If Donald Trump wins, the chances of reducing conflicts in Russian-American relations are an order of magnitude greater.
For Trump, it is China that is the enemy, and Russia is the rival and competitor.
Therefore, if no one tugs at the American president, then, perhaps, he will pay the lion's share of his attention to his Chinese comrades and China will replace Russia in a seemingly honorable, but very dangerous position, "the main enemy of the United States."
And with Moscow, Trump will try to agree on "benevolent neutrality."
Yes, we are unlikely to agree on anything (for the United States, for example, will want to stir up unrest to export radicalism to Xinjiang and deprive China of access to local energy resources - but this is still our underbelly).
Yes, one should not expect breakthroughs in the field of strategic stability - Trump is an apologist for power diplomacy and will not want to restrain himself with any restrictions.
But still, with his second term (when the anti-Russian campaign in the United States fizzles out and Trump can turn around with his pragmatism), Russian-American relations will receive opportunities for stabilization.
And that's not to mention the small bonuses from Trump in the form of a further split in transatlantic relations, prompting Germany and France to pursue sovereign policies.
The third option - contested elections with a final determination of the candidate - are fraught with a number of consequences for Moscow.
If the case reaches the Supreme Court, then, most likely, they will recognize Trump's victory (out of nine judges, six are Republicans, and three of these Republicans are personally appointed by the current President of the United States), but the entire second term of Trump will be haunted by the specter of illegitimacy, and the prosecution is much tougher. than George W. Bush.
In the elections, after all, it is important not how they will vote, but whether they believe in the final count.
If someone suddenly does not know, then the main point of the election is not that, to paraphrase Alfred Nobel, a herd of idiots choose a bastard to manage them.
And the fact is that people believe that this choice was made by them.
So that they feel involved in the power, their ability to influence it - and therefore were less inclined to "Maidans" and other ways of changing the regime by force.
That is why it is so important that they believe in the fairness of the count.
If they do not believe, then the president becomes illegitimate for them, which means that the decisions he makes are called into question.
In fact, Trump will become incapable of negotiation, he will be forced to constantly engage in populism to strengthen his position, including showing the muscles of Russia.
Finally, the fourth option is massive street protests and non-recognition of the election results even after the court verdict.
America is reaping what it sowed in other countries - civil strife and conflict.
Mass pogroms, the growth of separatism, secession of states - all this will force the United States to withdraw from external fronts altogether and deprive them of their superpower status.
Will open the way to a new free multipolar world.
True, it will soon become clear that this new wonderful world is by no means safe.
That is why the fourth option is the worst.
May the United States continue to be the world's policeman.
They are only required to be more pragmatic and more law-abiding.
Especially with regard to Russia.
The author's point of view may not coincide with the position of the editorial board.