Moscow fully prepared to bury relations with Washington before Biden takes office

Moscow is not going to initiate any contacts with the transition team of US President-elect Joe Biden, Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia Sergei Ryabkov said. One can draw certain conclusions from Ryabkov's statements about Moscow's intentions regarding the prospects of relations with the United States.US-Russian relationship has been at the abysmal level lately. The United States is still paranoid about the Russian hackers, who, as US officials claim, enjoy the support of the Russian authorities. Judging by Joe Biden's comments, he has no doubts that Russia was involved in the recent hacker attack and promised tough measures in return. In fairness, Joe Biden has always been convinced that Russia is always involved in everything negative that happens. The US Department of Commerce has recently introduced new sanctions against dozens of Russian companies. According to the Americans, those companies are associated with Russia and Chinese  armed forces. This does not change the essence of the matter, though. No prospects whatsoever Judging by Sergei Ryabkov's interview with Interfax, Moscow does not see any prospects to even stabilize relations with the United States. The US views Russia as an adversary (and even as an enemy, as Secretary of State Mike Pompeo recently said), Sergei Ryabkov noted. "... When we tell the Americans - colleagues, all this looks indecent, colleagues - they simply do not understand what we are talking about. What does indecent mean? If you are an adversary, then you should stay in your trench, and we will do everything to make it worse and more difficult for you. This is the essence of the US-led policy in the Russian direction, it is very clear," Sergei Ryabkov said when commenting Washington's sanctions policy.