“It would be naive to expect something good, that on the 9th, after summing up the results, the doors will open and they will be glad to see Russian diplomats or the Russian ambassador at the Capitol,” RIA Novosti quotes him.
At the same time, Antonov noted that the embassy would be ready for a change in the mood of the American authorities.
“We are ready to talk only on an equal footing, only taking into account Russian national interests,” he stressed.
Earlier, Fox News journalist Stuart Varney expressed confidence that Biden would “go into a steep dive” if the Democratic Party lost in the congressional elections.
US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken stressed that the United States will continue to support Ukraine regardless of the results of the congressional elections.
In turn, Senator Chris Murphy said that the possible victory of the Republican Party in the upcoming midterm elections to the US Congress could be the reason for the weakening of military support provided by Washington to Kyiv.