Russia on Tuesday urged the US president to act, not words, in response to Joe Biden’s announcement that he is running for election in 2024.
“We start from the practical steps that Washington is taking in real politics”Foreign Relations spokeswoman María Zajárova said in statements to Russian television released by EFE Agency.
Prior to these statements, Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov had acknowledged during his recent visit to Cuba that Moscow and Washington maintain only bilateral contacts.
Russian President Vladimir Putin, who met Biden in Geneva in June 2021, accuses the West of wanting to “destroy” Russia, just as it did the Soviet Union in 1991.
Biden condemned the Russian military intervention in Ukraine from the start and denounced war crimes allegedly committed by the Russian military in areas including northern Kiev and eastern Kharkiv.
In addition, on February 21, the President of the United States met in Warsaw with the Ukrainian leader, Volodymyr Zelensky, on the eve of the anniversary of the start of the invasion of Ukraine, which Russia has classified as a “special military operation”. .
The Kremlin accused the United States and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) of being directly involved in the fighting in Ukraine, to which it supplied weapons, including anti-missile systems and tanks.
Putin also plans to run for re-election in 2024, the Kremlin confirmed this week, insisting that the presidential election will be held despite attempts at interference, EFE reported.
Source: DN
