“All the credit lies with the American side.
They have consistently worsened relations between Russia and the United States.
They took both organizational measures to narrow contacts, and ideological - that is, they put forward all kinds of demands to Russia ... They also rejected the Treaty on the Elimination of Intermediate-Range and Shorter-Range Missiles (INF Treaty) and the Open Skies Treaty (DON), "Olenchenko said ...
According to the expert, many actions and situations have led to stagnation in relations between Russia and the United States.
“The problem is seen in the fact that the geopolitical situation in the world, strategic security, and the state of international relations in general depend on the state of these relations.
On our part, many actions were taken to slow down US actions to worsen the situation, ”he said.
At the same time, Olenchenko expressed the hope that the meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and American leader Joe Biden will lead to the fact that Russian-American relations will interrupt the tendency towards deterioration.
Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Russian-American relations have reached their lowest point in the past few years.