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Biden and Putin's first conversation hints at an aggressive approach: "Talk about villainous poisoning"
The phone call initiated by the White House to discuss extending an agreement to limit the two powers' nuclear weapons has spilled over into other issues such as human rights violations in Russia and Moscow's support for separatists in Ukraine.
A White House spokeswoman clarified that Biden had also raised the issue of "poisoning Alexei Navalny" and his arrest
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Wednesday, 27 January 2021, 04:01
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US President Joe Biden signaled in his first telephone conversation last night (Tuesday) with Russian President Vladimir Putin that the United States under his administration would take a more aggressive approach to the Kremlin.
During the conversation, Biden raised concerns about the protection of human rights in Russia and Russian aggression against Ukraine, but welcomed the cooperation in reaching a new agreement to prevent the proliferation of nuclear weapons.
The call was initiated by the White House to discuss the extension of the New START nuclear deal, signed by then-President Barack Obama and Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, which limits the two powers to a maximum of 1,550 nuclear warheads.
The deal ends on February 5, and now it looks like the parties will reach a new agreement soon.
However, White House spokeswoman Jen Saki made it clear that Biden had also raised a number of concerns regarding authorities in Russia towards members of the opposition, including "Alexei Navalny poisoning".
The Russian opposition leader nearly died last year from poisoning, which was allegedly carried out by Russian security services, something Putin denies.
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Navalny is now imprisoned in Moscow after returning to Russia from Germany where he underwent medical treatment after the poisoning attempt, and over the weekend police made mass arrests of people who demonstrated support for the opposition leader across the country.
The White House stressed that Moscow and Washington were still able to cooperate on nuclear issues, adding that Biden and Putin had agreed to "work urgently" to end negotiations on a new agreement for another five years, ahead of the expiration of the previous agreement.
The Kremlin said Putin and Biden had "expressed satisfaction" with the talks, and that the Russian leader had later submitted a bill to parliament to extend the agreement for another five years.
Putin in video call with students, this week (Photo: Reuters)
A U.S. State Department official who asked to remain anonymous said both sides had "agreed to continue talks quickly, to close an agreement by Feb. 5."
These moves raise hopes for greater stability between the two most armed countries in the world.
The Trump administration has proposed extending the agreement by a year ahead of its expiration date in February, but discussions have exploded due to the United States' insistence on verifying the fact that Russia has frozen its nuclear arsenal.
Biden pressed Putin on human rights issues in Russia and Ukraine.
Trump, on the other hand, put a lot of effort while in power to avoid raising complaints about human rights violations in Russia or criticism of Moscow's support for separatists in Ukraine and the Crimean occupation.
Biden confronted Putin on both issues.
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Alexei Navalny upon landing at Moscow airport (Photo: Reuters)
According to a White House spokeswoman, he raised the issue of "our support for Ukraine's sovereignty, in the face of Russia's continuing aggression."
It also listed a wide range of other issues of concern and friction between Moscow and Washington, such as unprecedented hacker attacks on Russian-attributed US computers, interference in the 2020 presidential election and reports that Moscow has offered funds for the killing of American troops in Afghanistan.
In addition to raising the case of Navalny, Biden condemned the "handling of peaceful demonstrators by Russian security forces."
Saki added that Biden made it clear that the United States would act vigorously to defend its national interests in response to Russia's violent actions.
In a statement issued by the Kremlin on the other hand, they did not mention the US President's complaints in the conversation, saying instead that Putin called for "normalization of relations."
According to the Kremlin, it "will meet the interests of the two countries," which have "a special responsibility to maintain security and stability in the world."
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