It has not been since the “Reagan Revolution” in the 1980s that Russia has figured so prominently in the US Presidential election. Average Russian citizens, for their part, tend to favor Donald Trump over Hillary Clinton, but mostly can’t explain why or how they developed these opinions, according to regional experts. But make no mistake: after all the perfunctory images of Russian influence over US politics in 2016 have played out, a very real if not stark policy divide exists between the Trump and Clinton approach to the US adversary to the east. While average Russians may not know it, their general sense that Trump will be more accommodative with Russia has policy roots.
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