Biden spreading hatred of Russia with false threat claims: Moscow
The Kremlin says a claim by US Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden that Russia is the ‘biggest threat’ to the US national security is based on a wrong assessment and will encourage hatred of Russia.
In an interview on CBS television network’s 60 Minutes new magazine on Sunday, Biden said Russia “is the biggest threat to America right now in terms of breaking up our security and our alliances.”
His comments came ahead of his face-off with incumbent President Donald Trump in the November 3 Presidential Election.
At a press conference on Monday, however, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Russia “absolutely do not agree” with Biden’s claim.
“We can only regret that absolute hatred of the Russian Federation is spread in this way.”
Relations between the US and Russia sank to post-Cold War lows in 2014 when Crimea rejoined Russia following a referendum where more than 90 percent of participants voted in favor of the move. The US and the rest of the West brand the reunification as the annexation of Ukrainian land by Russia, which rejects the allegation.
The ties were further soured after the American intelligence services accused Moscow of trying to interfere in the 2016 US Presidential Election to tilt the race in Trump’s favor. The Kremlin strongly denies the allegation.
Russian President Vladimir Putin, who has praised Trump for saying he wanted better relations with Moscow, has already said the Kremlin would work with any American leader while noting what he described as Biden’s “sharp anti-Russian rhetoric.”
When Crimea rejoined Russia, Biden was serving as vice president under former President Barack Obama.
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