After the release of the CIA report accusing the Russian president

Biden: Putin is a "killer" and will pay the price for his interference in the American elections

Biden indicated that "there are areas in which it is in our common interest to cooperate" with Russia.

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US President Joe Biden said, in an interview with ABC TV, broadcast yesterday, that he believes that his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, is a "murderer", and has warned that he will "pay the price" for his interference in the elections, by directing efforts aimed at influencing the elections. The US presidency in 2020 is in favor of his predecessor, Donald Trump, and that "will happen soon."

In detail, Biden said that his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, "will pay the price." In response to a question about the consequences he intended, Biden said: "You will see soon."

His comments came after he backed up a US intelligence report, issued the day before yesterday, that weighed long-standing accusations that Putin was behind Moscow's election interference.

At the same time, Biden indicated that "there are areas in which it is in our common interest to cooperate," such as renewing the START nuclear treaty, adding that the two leaders have a known history.

"I know him relatively well," he said, adding that "the most important thing when dealing with foreign leaders, according to my experience, is just getting to know the other man."

Biden said he does not think Russia’s leader has a heart.

When asked during the interview if he believed that Putin was a murderer, he said: "I think so."

On the other hand, Russia said yesterday that there is no basis for the accusations contained in a US intelligence report that Putin had probably issued directives to intervene in the 2020 US presidential elections in favor of Trump.

The 15-page report, issued by the CIA, adds to long-standing accusations that some of Trump's top aides worked in Moscow's favor by exaggerating allegations made by Ukrainian figures linked to Russia to Joe Biden, who was then a candidate in the US presidential election.

The Russian embassy in the United States said, in a statement on "Facebook": "The document prepared by the CIA is another group of unfounded accusations against our country of interfering in the internal American political processes."

She added, "The conclusions of the report that concluded that Russia exercises influence in America are conclusions that can only be confirmed by the intelligence services' confidence that they are right.

It did not include facts or specific evidence confirming such allegations.

Yesterday, the Russian Embassy in Washington accused the United States of seeking to tarnish Russia's image, and hold others responsible for its internal problems.

The head of the Russian Duma, Vyacheslav Volodin, considered that describing President Putin as a "murderer", and threatening to make him "pay for" that, was an "attack" on Russia, and Volodin, a close friend of the president, wrote on his Telegram account: "This is hysteria caused by" Impotence.

Putin is our president, and any attack on him is an attack on our country. ”

Yesterday, the Kremlin said that Russia is taking all necessary measures to prepare itself for new US sanctions that are expected to be imposed following the publication of the CIA report.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that the allegations were unfounded, adding that they were not based on any evidence.

On another issue, Biden said that the withdrawal of all American soldiers from Afghanistan, by May 1, as stipulated in the agreement with the Taliban, was possible, but "difficult."

"It can happen, but it is difficult," he said in the interview, criticizing the agreement his predecessor Donald Trump reached with the rebels.

He added, "I am in the process of making a decision on when they will leave," explaining that the announcement will be made soon after consultations with Washington's allies and the Afghan government.

Biden said: "The truth is that the agreement reached by the former president was not negotiated in a very solid way."

He stressed that the failure of the traditional transfer of power between the Trump administration and his administration from November to January prevented him from "accessing this information", especially with regard to the content of the agreement between the United States and the Taliban.

In Seoul, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin confirmed yesterday, during his first visit to Seoul, after assuming his new position, that his country's commitment to South Korea remains strong, focusing on the security challenges posed by China and North Korea.

• The Kremlin says that Russia is taking all necessary measures to prepare itself for new US sanctions expected.

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