Russians will never have good ties with US Deep State: American foreign policy expert

American foreign policy expert James Jatras believes that Russians are not going to have good ties with the people who are running the policy in the US Deep State.

Jatras, a former Senate foreign policy adviser in Washington, made the remarks in an interview with Press TV on Wednesday while commenting on a statement by a senior Russian official.

The recent surge in tensions between the United States and Russia threatens critical treaties put in place to prevent a nuclear arms race, Sergei Ryabkov, Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister, warned on Wednesday.

Ryabkov told reporters that a “complete malfunction of the American system” meant longstanding agreements could become null.

“We could lose several elements on arms control infrastructure,” Ryabkov said in an interview, according to the Financial Times. “The building is shaky.”

PressTV-Russia says US tensions hurting nuclear arms curbs

Russia says the current state of relations with the US puts anti-nuclear proliferation agreements between the two sides in danger.

Jatras said that “the change in the Russian tone is both realistic and frankly long overdue. For so long there has been one provocation after another aimed at Moscow, and the Russians respond with restraint and with a willingness to reach out to their American partners, which they keep calling us.”

“And I think it’s finally beginning to sink in that there is no partnership, that the people who are running the policy here in our Deep State are bound and determined to push Russia to the wall. We even heard the talk from our NATO ambassador [Kay Bailey] Hutchison about using military power against Russians weapons that we claim are in violation of the treaty even as we disregard treaties at will,” he added.

“I think the Russians are understanding there is no place to go on any of this stuff and that there is going to be a continued pressure from the West particularly the United States and also I think  manipulated a lot  of it from the United Kingdom,” the analyst noted.  

“And in November we are going to see some additional sanctions kick in that are really reaching the zero point. It’s kind of thing that the countries do on the brink of war,” he stated.

“So I think the Russians have every reason to be worried, and to be somewhat dismissive that they’re ever going to have good relationships with the people who are running the store here in Washington,” he concluded.

PressTV-US could launch military strike against Russia: Envoy

The United States has threatened to launch a preemptive military strike against Russia if it does not halt developing a banned cruise missile system.

Last week, US ambassador to NATO Kay Bailey Hutchison threatened to launch a preemptive military strike against Russia if it does not halt developing a banned cruise missile system.

Washington claims Moscow is violating a Cold War treaty and developing a ground-launched cruise missile which could empower Russia to launch a nuclear strike on Europe at short notice. Russia has repeatedly denied any such violation.

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