Making his visit to Russia on Tuesday, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo
was full of demands for the Putin government, leading off with a demand that Russia “take action” to prove that there would be no interference in the 2020 US elections.
It’s not clear what such action would look like, though Pompeo said that
the US “would not tolerate that,” and that it would make US-Russia
relations even worse than they already are.
On top of this, Pompeo demanded that Russia unconditionally release the Ukrainian sailors arrested
last year for violating Russian waters, and said Russia must work with
Ukraine’s new president to make peace with the separatists in Eastern
Ukraine.
Russia largely didn’t address these demands, but Russian FM Sergey
Lavrov did fire back at Pompeo’s demand for Venezuela’s President Maduro
to resign, saying that the Venezuelan people should decide on their
future, and US meddling was undemocratic.
Pompeo Demands Russia Take Action to Prove They Won’t Meddle in 2020 Vote
Also insists Russia release Ukrainian sailors, make peace in Eastern Ukraine
Jason Ditz is Senior Editor for Antiwar.com. He has 20 years of experience in foreign policy research and his work has appeared in The American Conservative, Responsible Statecraft, Forbes, Toronto Star, Minneapolis Star-Tribune, Providence Journal, Washington Times, and the Detroit Free Press.
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