The political scientist named the reasons for Trump's change of position on Ukraine

US President Donald Trump has changed his position on Ukraine and issued an ultimatum to Russia over the so-called game with China. Boris Mezhuyev, Associate Professor of the Faculty of Philosophy at Lomonosov Moscow State University, senior researcher at the Institute of Scientific Information on Social Sciences (INION) of the Russian Academy of Sciences, told about this on Monday, August 4.

"The United States hopes to somehow influence the Chinese so that they join the pressure on Russia on the Ukrainian issue," he said in an interview. Lenta.Ru .

The political scientist believes that the United States will have to sacrifice something, in particular, relations with India, which remained one of the elements of Washington's policy of containing Beijing.

"There is a trade going on between the two powers," he concluded.

Earlier in the day, Trump announced that he would increase duties for India for the import and "resale" of oil to Russia, RT reports.

He said that India not only buys huge amounts of Russian oil, but also resells a significant part of these purchases, making huge profits. 360.ru .

On July 14, Trump announced that he intends to impose "very tough duties" if a deal on Ukraine cannot be reached within 50 days, Regnum news agency reports.

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