Russian President Vladimir Putin hoped that the worst US-Russian relations since the end of the Cold War would improve with the inauguration of President-elect Biden.
President-elect Putin held an annual press conference at the end of the year on the 17th, saying that President-elect Joe Biden of the United States "has experience in both domestic affairs and diplomacy" and "all the problems that have arisen between the United States and Russia so far. I wouldn't go, but I hope that at least some of it will be resolved under the new administration. "
Biden's relationship is said to be the worst since the end of the Cold War, with the United States tightening economic sanctions on Russia and one of the nuclear disarmament treaties signed by the two countries expired last year. It is a form that shows expectations that the relationship will improve as a result of.
In addition, an international investigative journalism group and others have announced the results of an investigation that Russian security agencies were involved in the case where Mr. Navalny, the leader of Russian opposition forces, was allegedly attacked by chemical weapons nerve agents. He denied his involvement, saying, "I just published materials from US intelligence agencies, not investigative journalism."
In addition, when asked if he would be vaccinated with a domestic vaccine for the new coronavirus, "According to experts, the current Russian vaccine is targeted at a certain age group and has not reached my age group yet. He said, "I haven't," he said. Because of his age of 68, he said he would follow the advice of experts to determine the timing of vaccination.