Diplomacy: "Biden is more lucid about the nature of Vladimir Putin than was Trump"

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During an interview broadcast Wednesday, March 17 by the American channel ABC, President Joe Biden said he thought his Russian counterpart Vladimir Poutine was "a killer" (photo illustration).

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By: Jean-Baptiste Marot Follow

8 mins

In an interview broadcast on ABC on March 17, Joe Biden replied in the affirmative to the reporter who asked him if his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin was a killer.

In reaction, the latter recalled his ambassador to Washington.

Words that are not close to appeasing the already tense relations between the two countries.

Russia is indeed accused of electoral interference, espionage and cyber attacks by the United States.

Steven Ekovich, professor of international relations at the American University of Paris, enlightens us on Russian-American diplomatic relations.

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