Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and then-Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev in 2019.A key Vladimir Putin ally has finally admitted what has been widely suspected for some time: Russia thinks having Donald Trump in the White House will be “useful”.The Republican nominee has just declared victory in the US presidential election and will return to the White House for his second term in office.Trump is expected to be much softer on Russia than the incumbent presidency of Joe Biden.He has already said he wants the war to end – but not admitted which side he wants to win, sparking fears he wants Ukraine to cede land to Moscow.Dmitry Medvedev, former Russian president and now the deputy chair of the Security Council of Russia, seemed to confirm speculation that Russia wanted a Trump victory on Wednesday.Posting on his official Telegram account, he said: “Trump has one useful quality for us: as a businessman