Throughout a Wednesday night time fundraiser in San Francisco, Biden stated: “We now have a loopy SOB like that man Putin, and others, and we all the time have to fret about nuclear battle, however the existential risk to humanity is local weather.”
“He can’t inform me, ‘Volodya, nicely completed, thanks, you helped me lots.’ … This response is totally ample,” Putin stated within the Thursday interview.
Talking about what’s greatest for Russia, Putin added, smiling: “I’ve stated it as soon as and might repeat: Biden.”
Throughout a current interview with U.S. conservative political commentator Tucker Carlson, Putin stated he couldn’t bear in mind the final time he spoke with Biden, guessing it was earlier than Russia’s February 2022 invasion of Ukraine.
Putin famous he had a “private relationship” with Biden’s predecessor, Donald Trump, however in one other interview said that Biden was an old-school politician, and was subsequently preferable to Russia.
Biden has not held again in criticizing Putin, even calling him a killer in 2021. “It takes one to know one,” Putin responded.
Sergey Goryashko is hosted at POLITICO below the EU-funded EU4FreeMedia residency program.