Russia warns of 'irreversible deterioration' in US ties after Biden jabs Putin
By: Joel Gehrke (MSN)
A red crayon in the sand?
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov called his lieutenant in the United States back from Washington to discuss a potential "irreversible deterioration in relations," according to a senior Russian diplomat.
"We are interested in preventing an irreversible deterioration in relations, if the Americans become aware of the risks associated with this," Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said Wednesday.
U.S. intelligence agencies this week accused Russian intelligence operatives of disseminating claims "aimed at denigrating President Biden's candidacy and the Democratic Party, supporting former President Trump," including through media outlets and "prominent U.S. individuals" aligned with Trump's team. That conclusion, which dovetails with sanctions issued by then-Secretary of State Mike Pompeo during the 2020 campaign, set the table for the most pronounced display of discord between the U.S. and Russia of Biden's nascent administration.
"He will pay a price," Biden said of Russian President Vladimir Putin during a televised interview that aired Wednesday. "We had a long talk, he and I. I know him relatively well, and the conversation started off, I said, 'I know you, and you know me. If I establish this occurred, then be prepared.'"
Russian Ambassador Anatoly Antonov's trip back to Moscow will allow in-person "consultations in order to analyze what needs to be done" about U.S.-Russia relations, according to Lavrov's team.
"The most important thing for us is to identify ways of rectifying Russia-US relations, which have been going through hard times as Washington has, as a matter of fact, brought them to a blind alley," Zakharova said.
American foreign policy strategists in both parties tend to blame Putin's aggressive foreign policy for the tensions, given that former President Barack Obama began his tenure with the infamous "reset" following Putin's invasion of Georgia. That gesture seemed to ease tensions between 2009 and 2013, but Putin annexed Crimea and invaded eastern Ukraine in 2014 — a conflict that remains unresolved.
"The Russians want an end to sanctions. They would like to continue their aggression in Ukraine and have the United States and the [European Union] let it happen without consequences," said former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine John Herbst, director of the Atlantic Council's Eurasia Center. "There's bad relations between the United States and Russia because the United States got tired of years of Russian aggression and provocations and finally began to take some measures."
Putin's allies portrayed Biden's remarks as an unconscionable insult. "Biden insulted citizens of our country with his statement. It is hysteria caused by powerlessness," Russian lawmaker Vyacheslav Volodin, the equivalent of the speaker of the house, wrote Wednesday on social media. "Putin is our president, and attacks on him are attacks on our country."
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Wonder how this is going to sort out.
Considering the fact that Putin has been stabbing us in the back for at least the last decade all while smiling, his pretending that there is a deterioration in relationship due to Biden is pure bullshit. The only relationship Putin wants with the US is where we're licking his boots, thankfully now that Trump is out that won't be happening anymore. Russia attacked our elections, they hacked our systems, they were paying bounties on US soldiers, they invaded one of our European allies, they have been assassinating defectors, dissidents, journalists and political opponents, they supported and empowered the illegal chemical attacks Bashar was using on the Syrian civilian population, and Putin does nothing but lie through his smarmy smiling teeth while stabbing every in the back. Putin is a small embittered piece of shit dictator and Russia has about the same GDP as Mexico which is less than California so why should we ever need to kneel down or bend over backwards to keep them happy? Only some vile American slime ball faux-billionaire desperately trying to ingratiate themselves to the billionaire oligarchs under Putin's thumb would be stupid enough to trust that lying sack of shit.
So how this sorts out is Russia either behaves or gets the shit kicked out of them at every turn with their computer systems compromised, agents kicked out of the US, their foreign assets frozen and additional sanctions put in place to further isolate them until they get back to an actual democratic government and have free and fair elections that can be trusted instead of the sham elections they've been performing to pretend to be a democracy.
It's amazing how liberals have wiped the Presidency of Barack Obama from their minds.
I wish Biden could get right up in Putin's grill and say....."The moron before me might have believed anything you told him, but now a grownup is in charge."
Biden makes up a story to make himself sound like a tough guy and an international crisis results.
No wonder his handlers don't let him talk in public.
Right? I mean if you’re going to do something, go ahead and do it. But why go through a bunch of public posturing before you even reach that point? How is that supposed to improve international relations?
I sometimes wonder who putin thinks he is fooling. The world knows he poisoned people and jails his opposition.
I asked two questions. Let me know if you have a thought about either one.
You’d say, huh?
Joe Biden makes up a story, and you wonder who Putin thinks he is fooling?
What story did Biden make up?
Calling putin a killer?
Personally, I'm waiting for the actions to back up the words.
Biden stands up to putin and you call it an international crisis ? SMH
What did Biden hope to achieve by calling Putin a "killer", while cowering and kowtowing before his master Xi Jinping?
US President Joe Biden has raised the issue of human rights abuses in Xinjiang during his first call with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, the White House said.
Mr Biden also pressed Mr Xi on trade, the clampdown in Hong Kong and ongoing tensions with Taiwan.
According to Chinese state television, Mr Xi warned Mr Biden bad relations would be a disaster for both countries.
Tensions have soared in recent times, over trade, espionage and the pandemic.
I don't see any cowering or kowtowing.
Making up stories about what he said 10 years ago is "standing up to Putin"
Sure.
Too bad for Biden his public record of attacking Romney for calling Putin a threat at that time exists.
Do you have a link for that ?
Unfortunately. I don't see much action either. Only stern finger pointing and seeming acquiecence reminiscent of early Obama days.
Trump used diplomacy to deal with Putin, while clueless Joe resorts to insults.
Is that what the youngsters are calling ass kissing these days?
Only if this is what you mean by diplomacy...
And Shithead choices what exactly? Aside from embarrassing us o. The world stage by siding with Putin over his own country and making our European allies question our commitment to NATO that is.
Lol oh, relations are just now deteriorating? They have been bad for like 15 years by this point. The Russians are not good faith partners and have stabbing the US in the back and otherwise undermining our efforts around the globe for quite a long time.
This is just blustering on their part, not much is going to change.
I’d like to hear the conversation between the two, lol. Putin was probably scratching his head wondering what the bungling boob with dementia was trying to say.
Did not know that you were privy to the conversations at Helsinki. Tell us more.
Did this part of my comment fly right over your head?
“I’d like to hear the conversation between the two,”
“Tell us more.”
ok. I just read an article about putin challenging biden to a live chat with no delays.
putin knows, the entire world, except for democrats, know that biden has dementia.
Wait for it. It is coming.
That is the exact line coming out of the Kremlin. FSB appreciates your support.
That is most likely the exact line coming out of every foreign capitol on the planet. Lol. Biden is a total embarrassment. Our enemies appreciate your support of such a bumbling fool. Good job, dems.
Russia has problems and the root of those problems is the Putin regime.
The Russian people have problems and the root of those problems is the Putin regime.
I honestly wonder when ever it comes to the push and shove if the Russian police would turn their weapons on their families and neighbors to protect the Putin regime? I do not believe they would---instead stepping aside to allow the people to take their country back from the dictator's oligarchs.
There has been a lot of pushing and shoving going on in Russia lately, by the police against the anti-Putin protestors. I'm not so confident that the police wouldn't continue to back Putin.
Dictatorships usually grant special benefits and privileges to the police forces to buy their loyalty.
Perhaps with a 'special military'. But can't see ordinary police officers shooting the people they go home to at the end of the day.
Those who want to limit American's Second Amendment rights should consider that possibility