In an interview with reporters, a Kremlin spokesman noted that such "bravura statements" are obviously prepared by the Biden apparatus.
At the same time, Peskov recalled that the American president spoke about Russia in the presence of national intelligence officers, and in such an audience such words are "in demand."
“It is also obvious that the president is voicing the promises that are being prepared by his staff, his assistants, and this is where the erroneous knowledge, misunderstanding of modern Russia is evident.
Yes, Russia is the largest nuclear power, a very responsible nuclear power, and yes, it is a country with a fairly large oil and gas sector, ”said the spokesman for the head of state.
At the same time, he stressed that to assert that Russia “has nothing else” is fundamentally wrong.
“Probably, the assistants should have prepared for Mr. Biden background information that the share of the oil and gas sector of the Russian Federation's GDP in 2020 was 15.2%.
In 2017, this share was 16.9%, "Peskov said, adding that if it were about qualified expert documents, then this information would be reported to Biden.
He also clarified that oil and gas revenues in the Russian budget in 2010 amounted to 46%, and in 2020 - 28%, but these data were not provided to the US President.
“We see that this was not done.
We regret in this regard and hope that, nevertheless, he will prepare more expert information.
Not only nuclear weapons, although this is a very high-tech area, which has its continuation in civilian production.
This includes advanced nuclear power, the development of innovative areas, powerful agriculture, ”said Peskov.
On July 27, it became known that Joe Biden, speaking at the headquarters of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, said that Vladimir Putin is in charge of "an economy that has nuclear weapons and oil wells, and nothing else."
According to Rosstat, in 2020 the share of the oil and gas sector in Russia's GDP decreased from 19.2% to 15.2%.