A day after President Biden spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Moscow said it warned the US against imposing any new sanctions amid reports that more measures are coming.
According to a report from Russia’s RIA news agency, Putin’s foreign policy advisor Yuri Ushakov spoke with the US ambassador in Moscow after the Biden-Putin call and said Moscow would take decisive measures in response to any “unfriendly steps” from Washington.
In the call with Putin, Biden proposed an in-person meeting and said the US and Russia should work together in areas like arms control. On Wednesday, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said new sanctions from the US would mean Biden’s “words” would not “correlate” with his actions.
So far, the Biden administration has slapped sanctions on Russian officials over the jailing of opposition figure Alexei Navalny. US officials have been threatening more sanctions over unsubstantiated claims, like the accusation that Russia was behind the hack of the software firm SolarWinds.
The Biden-Putin call came amid heightened tensions with Ukraine. Kyiv, the US, and NATO have accused Russia of threatening Ukraine and stoking tensions by massing troops near its western border. But Moscow says troops movements inside Russia are not a threat to anyone, and some of the deployments are a response to NATO forces on Russia’s border.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/04/15/fact-sheet-imposing-costs-for-harmful-foreign-activities-by-the-russian-government/
The latest US actions against Russia.
This comes after the alleged phone call between Biden and President Putin. This meeting was never going to occur, so why bother with invoking the drama.
A president with worsening dementia wouldn’t reflect strength to other leaders nor his own citizens.
Expect more sanctions to be levied against China and Iran.
When the first US soldier, aircraft, or ship is attacked near Ukraine and Crimea, expect all hell to break loose in global financial markets. This assumes the Russian media reports the facts and I have little doubt they will. The presumed hyperinflation story will depart and a deflationary spiral starting in US bond and equity markets will ensue.
I’m reassured Biden and his team have thoroughly analyzed this policy decision (sarcasm).
Any evidence to support hope for peace? Any evidence to the contrary?
It is time for Russia to send everyone home from the US embassy apart from the Ambassador and his home boy. There is certainly no need for a Commerce Secretary, or Defence Attache etc.