NEW DELHI (Sputnik) — Earlier in the day, Trump won the US presidential elections despite most of the analysts and opinion polls predicting his defeat to Democratic Party nominee Hillary Clinton. Trump got 279 electoral votes against Clinton's 228 votes, more than 270 needed to win, according to the NBC projection.
"To make a speculation about what action the new president will take is not be appropriate at this time. But I am sure he will look at the US policy with Russia carefully and make decisions based on deeply informed understanding," George N. Sibley, who is responsible for economic, environmental, scientific and technology affairs, said, commenting on possible changes in Washington's policy as for Russia.
Since 2014, relations between Russia and the United States deteriorated amid the crisis in Ukraine. Washington and its allies have introduced several rounds of anti-Russia sanctions on the pretext of Moscow's alleged involvement in the Ukrainian conflict, which the Kremlin has denied.
