“I’m announcing that I will be a candidate for president of the United States,” U.S. Senator John McCain announced recently. The 70-year-old Arizona Republican is known for his tough stance on Russia. McCain is a staunch supporter of the strengthening of America’s military potential and the development of U.S. anti-ballistic missile shield. According to him, the missile shield is “critically important for the defense against potential threats which may be posed by such strategic opponents as Russia and China.” McCain unsuccessfully ran for president in 2000.
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McCain is known for his consistent opposition to the policies of the Russian leadership. Speaking at a Senate hearing in 2003, he said that the “U.S. should awake to the fact that the Russian government cannot be a friend or partner because it does not share America’s basic democratic values. The policies of the Russian government clearly indicate that Russia runs the risk of being ranked among the enemies.” In 2005, McCain co-authored the Senate resolution which called on the President Bush to expel Russia from the G8. He was one of three U.S. senators who pushed through the resolution accusing Moscow of organizing “politically motivated” legal proceedings against Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Platon Lebedev.
McCain unveiled plans about his taking part in the presidential race just two days after Michael McConnell, the current United States Director of National Intelligence, delivered a scandalous speech during hearings in the U.S. Senate Committee for Intelligence. McConnell said that Russia continued to bring in the spirit of “rivalry and antagonism” to the bilateral relations, especially when in comes to U.S. actions in the former Soviet Union. McConnell reminded of the assassination of Alexander Litvinenko in London by pointing out that such incidents lead to the “buildup of problems and frictions.” According to McConnell, “Russia’s movement toward democracy took a step backward.”
In an attempt to disavow of McConnell’s comments, the White House said that the head of U.S. intelligence had not spoken about the official point of view of the U.S. administration. Ostensibly, he only made an analytical assessment of the situation and shared some forecasts while speaking at the hearings in the U.S. Senate. “Russia is our valuable ally, and we maintain an active cooperation with it in a number of areas,” said Tony Snow, an official representative of the White House.
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