Even the "Ruskies," see the wedding of the Republicans and Putin, “There are no disagreements or contradictions between Trump and Russia,” argued Valery Korovin, director of the Center for Geopolitical Expertise, appearing on the state-television channel Rossiya-24. Korovin insisted that the Democrats in Congress are the main antagonists in the relationship between Russia and the United States. The news story this came from had Russians saying that Trump doesn't care about Ukraine, which strengthens Russia's hand in the peace talks.