In the Kremlin perceived as a tactical victory bell US President Joe Biden and a proposal to meet the leader of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putinindicating “forced confession” the new administration of the need to interact with Moscow.
This is reported by the edition Bloomberg with reference to our own sources. After the change of president, the White House expected to focus on relations with China, but the strengthening of the Russian military presence near the border with Ukraine forced the United States to reconsider plans.
The source calls tension in relations between Russia and the United States and Europe due to the pulling together of troops to the borders with Ukraine. “the worst since the Cold War”but claims that the Kremlin is now pleased that “risky gambit” has borne fruitwhen Biden suggested that Putin meet in person.
It is noted that the President of Russia plans that the United States and other Western countries “treated him as an equal.” An insider admitted that the Russian Federation could reduce support for the self-proclaimed republics in eastern Ukraine in exchange for easing sanctions and de facto recognition of Crimea as Russian.
Recall Joe Biden on April 13 had a telephone conversation with Putin and urged him to reduce tensions on the border with Ukraine. The American president expressed his concern over the accumulation of Russian weapons on the territory of our country and in the occupied Crimea.
As reported OBOZREVATEL earlier, in the capitals of three non-NATO countries at once, declared their readiness become a platform for a possible meeting and negotiations between US Presidents Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin of Russia.
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