We will not see an early US-Russian summit in 2021
1. Narratives
Russian leadership tried hard to avoid any statements that would indicate its preference ... ... US-Russian relations is likely to be mostly negative, especially if Russia remains in some way an issue in US partisan politics.
5. Human Rights
The “bad side” of Biden for Russia will start manifesting itself in much harder and uncompromising rhetoric targeting ...
For the first time in the 10-year history of the United Nations Human Rights Council the election of its members has caused somewhat of a stir. In the run-up to the election, the Anglo-Saxon states put an unprecedented amount of pressure on the other UN members to ensure that
Russia would not be re-elected to the Council
. A number of human rights organizations were brought in to “sway” public opinion; they sent
petition
to the Human Rights Council demanding that Russia be excluded because of its actions in Syria....