At the high-profile Valdai forum in Sochi Vladimir Putin made his first post-election comments about Donald Trumps victory (which happened just 2 days ago)
The Russian head-of-state pointed out Trumps ideas about fixing US-Russia relations and ending the Ukraine conflict: these goals need attention he said. While showing readiness for talks Putin didnt make any firm promises — noting that future developments remain unclear
A real man who faced attacks from all sides during his campaign
Putin spoke well of how Trump dealt with the summer assassination try (that happened bout 4 months ago) The Russian president used this forum — a key yearly meet-up of global policy experts — to share his thoughts on the US political change. His words show careful hope for better links between Moscow and Washington‚ but also hint at some doubt about whats next