Biden has called Putin a murderer. Will it affect developments?

Russian the foreign policy response to Biden’s insult has so far been withheld. However, the domestic political reaction promises to be much sharper.

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Russian-American relations have flared up again. Following Joe Biden’s unexpected and provocative statement, which gave an affirmative answer to ABC TV director George Stefanopolis’ question of whether he considered Vladimir Putin a “killer”, and the promise to introduce new sanctions in the near future in response to Russia’s intervention in 2020. ASV In the run-up to the elections, Moscow called for a consultation with Russia’s ambassador to Washington “to analyze what to do and what direction to take in the future in the US context” and “to define improvements to the troubled Russia-US relationship”.

In diplomatic practice, it is commonly referred to as a “démarche” or expression of dissatisfaction with a partner’s actions and statements, which has virtually no immediate negative consequences.

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