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“He will pay the price”: Biden threatens Putin for alleged electoral manipulation
In a television interview with ABC News, US President Joe Biden made strong accusations against Russian President Vladimir Putin. Russia will pay the price for meddling in the American elections.
ORPresident Joe Biden has threatened the head of the Kremlin, Vladimir Putin, with consequences for alleged interference in the US elections last November. “He will pay a price,” Biden said in an interview broadcast Wednesday morning (local time) on US broadcaster ABC.
In a telephone conversation with Putin in late January, he told the Russian president about possible interference from Moscow: “I know you and you know me. When I find out this has happened, be prepared. “When asked by ABC host George Stephanopoulos if he thought Putin was a” murderer, “Biden said,” Yes. “
At one meeting he looked Putin in the eye and said: “I think you have no soul.” Putin replied: “We understand each other.” Biden was referring to a famous quote from former President George W. Bush, who later said In his first meeting with Putin in the summer of 2001, he had “felt the soul” of the Russian.
According to US intelligence, Russia defended then-President Donald Trump in the November US elections and tried to harm Biden. Moscow wanted to influence the election outcome and sow conflict in the country, according to a report released Tuesday by the office of intelligence coordinator Avril Haines. Putin and his government “approved and implemented” the measures.
Biden did not provide any information on the consequences these findings could have for Putin. At the same time, the US president made it clear that cooperation between Washington and Moscow is still possible if they have common interests.
