Russian calculus with the US is to sow discontent and try to turn the country inwards so they have a free hand to push everyone else around. Medvedev was predicting civil war in the US in his 2023 New Years “predictions” (https://www.newsweek.com/medvedevs-wild-2023-predictions-include-elon-musk-us-president-1769667) and this line of civil war keeps being parroted in their media.
Russian calculus with the US is to sow discontent and try to turn the country inwards so they have a free hand to push everyone else around. Medvedev was predicting civil war in the US in his 2023 New Years “predictions” (https://www.newsweek.com/medvedevs-wild-2023-predictions-include-elon-musk-us-president-1769667) and this line of civil war keeps being parroted in their media.