Posted  Originally on Sep 4, 2026 by Martin Armstrong |  

QUESTION: Is it true that Putin said he wants full restoration of a relationship with the United States?

Rob

ANSWER: Absolutely. Putin understands that the Neocons have full control of NATO and the EU. He is seeking to realign with the United States to prevent war with NATO. Vladimir Putin has explicitly stated that Russia advocates for a full-scale restoration of relations with the United States.

He most recently made this statement on September 3, 2026, during the plenary session of the Eastern Economic Forum (EEF). Speaking about relations with the U.S., Putin said, “We are in favor of restoring full-format relations with the United States.” However, he also noted that this depends not only on Russia but also on the U.S. side.

Putin has framed this desire for restored relations within a broader context, marked by several key points:

• Putin has remarked that he sees a positive and constructive attitude from U.S. President Donald Trump towards working on key international issues. He has also previously stated that Trump’s leadership qualities provide a “good basis” for restoring ties.
• This is not a new or sudden statement. In August 2025, following a meeting with President Trump, Putin expressed hope that initial steps taken by both countries would mark the beginning of a “full-scale restoration of our relations”. He has confirmed that contacts between the two administrations at various levels are ongoing.
• While stating Russia’s support for restoring full relations, Putin has emphasized that the process is not solely up to Moscow. He notes that the U.S. also has commitments, including those within alliances like NATO, that affect the potential for normalization.

I have said from the beginning. Putin is not just the smarest guy at the table, he is the most practical. The warmonger Neocons in the West have REFUSED to accept that communism fell all by itself and they did not get to shoot anybody. When Khrushchev said we will buy you, it was a reflection of the deep belief that Communism would defeat Capitalism. That was the entire motive behind the Cold War.

What the Neocon and NATO have twisted to justify war with Russia is claiming he lamented the fall of the USSR as if he wanted to invade Europe to restore it. This has been all self-serviving and Putin has not shown ant inclination of such a goal and he has been there since 1999. In a 2021 documentary, Putin was more direct in his personal assessment. When asked what the Soviet collapse meant to him, he replied:

“Like for the vast majority of our citizens, it was a tragedy. … We lost 40% of our territory, and roughly the same share of production capacity and population.”

He elaborated on the human cost, noting that the dissolution left “25 million Russian people abroad” and described the ensuing upheaval as “a huge humanitarian tragedy.” This is absolutely correct for the people living in the Donbas are Russia who have been terrorized by Ukrainians who had engaged in ethnic cleansing of Russians and here is Zelensky joking about confiscating assets of Russians in Ukraine.

However, while Putin frequently laments the collapse, he has also made it clear he does NOT wish to restore the Soviet Union. His famous phrase on this is:

“Anyone who doesn’t regret the collapse of the Soviet Union has no heart. But anyone who wants to restore it has no brain.”

Look, Putin enjoyed a popularity greater than 70% BECUSE the people knew he was not a Communist. There was no way the people wanted to return to that system. The tragedy was that under the USSR, Russians moved atound and that is what he was talking about that 25 million were stranded.

According to data from the Estonian Statistical Office as of January 1, 2026, the Russian ethnic group made up 20.3% of the total population of 1,360,745 people. Here is
Kaja Kallas Vice-President of the European Commission and High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy
since December 1st, 2024. She is the former Prime Minister of Estonia (2021-2024). She hates Russians yet 20% of Estonian are ethnic Russians.

Even the Czech Republic, some were proposing confiscating private assets of ethnic Russians. The legal framework for sanctions usually applies to specific individuals or entities directly linked to the conflict, rather than the broader ethnic population. Private property rights are generally constitutionally protected in the Czech Republic, meaning that any action against an individual would require specific legal justification, such as direct involvement in illegal activities. Nevertheless, there were people trying to push that demonstrating the hatred for Russians that consumed Madeleine Albright who convinced NATO to attack Serbs because they were pro-Russia.

The ethnic hatred throughout the Baltics, Balkans, down to Ukraine, is systemic. They blame the current generation for the sins of their fathers and grandfathers. This region has been conquered so many times from Sweden, Turks, Russians and so on, that you have different religions, languages, and ethnicity that is deeply embeded and I seriously doubt that there will ever be a lasting peace in Eastern Europe. There just seems to be too many old memories to ever allow unity.