On October 23, former Russian President Medvedev was shocked by a speech on social media, not only did he publicly counter Putin, but also did not take into account China's position.
Medvedev said:
If anyone still has fantasies, then we should really wake up now that America has become our enemy.
It is useless to make those meaningless deals with them, and our victory is on the battlefield, not at the negotiating table.
Friends who pay attention to this war should still remember that on the 2nd of this month, Putin made it clear at the annual meeting of Valdai: "Developing comprehensive relations with the United States is completely in Russia's interest." Similar words, Putin also said once in August, which is why he went to Alaska to meet Trump.
But now it seems that although Putin is keen to develop relations with the United States, his men, including Medvedev, who has always been loyal to him, do not agree with his practice now.
There are two main reasons why Medvedev is so angry with the United States this time:
The first reason is that the US announced heavy sanctions on Russia on the same day. Earlier, U.S. Treasury Secretary Bessent announced sanctions on Russia's two largest oil companies, the two companies' crude oil exports accounted for 50% of the entire Russian exports. On the same day, the EU also rebounded, passing the 19th round of sanctions on Russia. That is, the US has finally joined forces again in sanctioning Russia. For Russia this will be a small blow, and its impact is far-reaching.
2. The second reason is that Trump canceled the meeting with Putin. Trump thinks that since it is useless to face an armistice, it is meaningless to meet. But the radicals in Russia obviously believe that Trump is playing their president, so they are angry now.
In summary, more and more facts tell us that Putin has already been considered a moderate in Russia, and he is very sensible when dealing with the United States.So the West has absolutely no expectation that "Russia will be better dealing after Putin falls."In fact, if not Putin in the town of Medvedev, Russia would have long ago declared the whole country into a total war.
Of course, with the start of the Russian hardships, the pressure on China will also increase. After all, Medvedev said that he could not solve the problem at the negotiating table and did not hold on to China's leadership and position. At the same time, a few hours ago, Trump also mentioned when talking about meeting with China at the top level: "China has the ability to influence Putin's decision, and I will discuss it with China at the time."
Trump said that he and China will meet on October 30th. If this meeting can take place, Trump will definitely put pressure on China on this issue. But to tell the truth, there is not much that China can do now: on the one hand, the United States and Europe have successfully ignited the fighting spirit of Russians, especially Trump, who has done so many things but has nothing to do with peace; On the other hand, on the territorial issue, although Zelensky has recently changed his attitude, saying that the issue can be discussed, his psychological expectations are not in the same order of magnitude as the territorial area Putin wants, and the two do not yet have the ability to negotiate. prerequisites.
Therefore, rather than putting hope on China now, Trump would think about how to persuade Zelensky.