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During the recent U.S. presidential campaign, many political analysts and politicians talked about a "big deal" between Russia and the West if Donald Trump won the White House. Even if not exactly disposed towards Russia, Trump certainly does not display the traditional Anglo-Saxon anti-Russian hostility. The talk included the conflict in Ukraine, which could also be called an Eastern European clash. The deal itself, or rather talk of it, became an acceptable reality when clever geostrategists from various countries, especially the United States, came to the conclusion that the rivalry between Russia and Europe over Ukraine joining the Eurasian or European economic bloc may lead not only to the disintegration of Ukraine (which became a de facto reality in February 2014), but also to a full-scale military conflict over "the Ukrainian inheritance."
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