The Kremlin: Russia always aspires to the best but prepares for the worst

Putin has offered to hold public talks on the Internet with Biden in the coming days.

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The Kremlin said yesterday that Moscow always aspires to the best, but is preparing for the worst, in response to a question about the possibility of a new cold war between Russia and the United States.

Relations between the two countries reached a new low this week, after US President Joe Biden said in an interview that he believed his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, a "murderer", which prompted Russia to recall its ambassador from the United States.

Later, Putin offered to hold public talks on the Internet with Biden, in the coming days.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said yesterday that Putin's offer to hold talks with Biden was still valid.

He added to reporters, "Putin said that despite everything there is no point in loud diplomacy and exchanging criticism, but there is a benefit in continuing relations."

"Of course, we always aspire for the best, but we always prepare for the worst," he said in response to a question about the possibility of a new cold war between the two countries.

Regarding Russia, President Putin made clear his desire to continue relations.

He continued, "But of course we cannot ignore Biden's statements," referring to Biden's interview with ABC on Wednesday.

During the interview, Biden described Putin, too, as heartless, and said that he would pay the price for his interference in the US presidential elections, in November 2020, which the Kremlin denies.

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