{"id":41102,"date":"2016-06-24T16:14:01","date_gmt":"2016-06-24T20:14:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=41102"},"modified":"2016-06-24T16:14:24","modified_gmt":"2016-06-24T20:14:24","slug":"russia-says-brexit-opens-door-for-new-uk-relations-but-us-blasts-vote-as-putins-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=41102","title":{"rendered":"Russia says Brexit opens door for new UK relations but US blasts vote as ‘Putin’s victory’"},"content":{"rendered":"

BRITAIN’S exit from the European Union is a victory for Russian President Vladimir Putin, senior US officials have claimed.<\/h3>\n

By TOM BATCHELOR
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Last week Putin questioned David Cameron\u2019s decision to grant the British people a vote on the EU<\/p><\/div>\n

Michael McFaul, a former US ambassador in Moscow, branded the Russian leader a Brexit “winner” after the final votes had been counted.<\/p>\n

He wrote: “Shocked by Brexit vote! Losers: EU, UK, US, those that believe in utility of a strong, united, democratic Europe. Winners: Putin.<\/p>\n

“I genuinely complement Putin for his victory tonight on Brexit.<\/p>\n

“Tonight is giant victory for Putin’s foreign policy objectives.”<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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The Kremlin appeared to back up speculation that Moscow was celebrating the ‘Out’ vote, with a spokesman saying officials were hoping for a thaw in relations with London.<\/p>\n

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said: “We have a pretty heavy burden of uneasy ties with Great Britain.<\/p>\n

“We hope that in the new realities, an understanding of the need for good relations with our country will prevail.”<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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He also claimed that despite the economic turmoil in world markets, Russia wanted to see Europe flourish.<\/p>\n

Mr Peskov said: “Moscow wants the EU to remain a major economic power which is prosperous, stable and predictable.”<\/p>\n

Russia<\/a>‘s central bank said it was closely watching the situation on global markets and that it had enough tools at its disposal to manage the market volatility.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Sergei Sobyanin, the mayor of Moscow, also raised the prospect of looser sanctions in the wake of the vote, saying that “without Great Britain in the EU, no one will so zealously defend the sanctions against us”.<\/p>\n

Among other senior Russian diplomats to respond to the vote was Boris Titov, a Kremlin insider, who said in a Facebook post that the “most important long-term consequence of all this is that the exit will take Europe away from the anglo-saxons, meaning from the USA”.<\/p>\n

He added: “It’s not the independence of Britain from Europe, but the independence of Europe from the USA.”<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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