Senior Diplomat Predicts Ambiguity Ahead for Russia-US Ties after Trump’s Inauguration

"I think the next period will be characterized by not just a substantial number of challenges, but also the increased pace of changes and a high level of uncertainty, including in broader international relations and specifically on the platform of our dialogue with Washington," the senior Russian diplomat said in a speech at the Institute of US and Canadian Studies, a think tank of the Russian Academy of Sciences, TASS reported.

In light of the second coming of Trump who ushered in "a revolution of common sense" in his inaugural speech, Ryabkov noted, "the role of this Institute as a major think tank that gives the most detailed analysis of the unfriendly state that is central to us increases significantly."

On January 20, Trump assumed office as the 47th president of the United States. His first term as US president was in 2017-2021