Russia’s ambassador to Washington, Anatoly Antonov, has been summoned to Moscow for talks to discuss relations with the United States, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement. The State Department added that “Washington has brought relations to a dead end in recent years and we are interested in preventing an irreversible situation, especially if the Americans do not recognize the danger in that situation.”
In an interview with George Stephanopoulos on the ABC network, Biden said, among other things, that Putin “will pay a price for interfering in the US election. He and I and I have had a long conversation.” I made it clear at the beginning that I know who he is and that To reduce weapons of mass destruction, he must be prepared. “
When asked if he would define Putin as a murderer, Biden replied in the affirmative. “I do think so. You’ll see Putin going to pay for his intervention,” Biden told the interviewer. Biden stressed that his country can take a strong hand against the Putin administration and at the same time sign various agreements with the Kremlin, “it’s like going and chewing gum at the same time,” the president said.
Biden also referred in the interview to the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan and said it would be difficult to get all U.S. military forces out of the country by early May.
A comprehensive report by various intelligence agencies in his country was published yesterday in which it was alleged that the Russian president knew and apparently even conducted the intervention in the US election, while using politicians and lawyers who liaised with Russian intelligence services. In favor of President Trump, on the assumption that the continuation of his rule will better serve the interests of Moscow.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in a response that the US report was “baseless and baseless.” Peskov stressed that Russia had nothing to do with the US election campaign or any of the candidates. “These very low-quality materials are being used as a pretext for new sanctions,” he said.
Meanwhile, the United States is expanding sanctions against Russia over exports, due to the imprisonment of Alexei Navalny. Washington said the reason for these measures was due to “use of chemical and biological weapons” by the Russians. Novichuk, who was planted in his clothes by Russian Federal Security Service agents, will focus on defense exports, civil aviation and space affairs and will be in place by September 1.
At the same time, Russia has been blacklisted as a country to which arms and security equipment must not be exported or imported. The sanctions will take effect tomorrow.