Скачать или смотреть FACT CHECK: Who Really Led U.S.-Russia Relations to a Dead End?

On March 16, U.S. President Joe Biden gave a wide-ranging interview to ABC television's "Good Morning America,” during which the subject of U.S.-Russia relations came up.

When asked about a new U.S. intelligence report stating that Putin “authorized” influence operations “aimed at denigrating President Biden’s [2020] candidacy” and “undermining public confidence in the electoral process,” Biden said that Putin “would pay a price.”

Biden also recalled a conversation in which he told Putin, “I don’t think you have a soul.” Biden was likely referring to Solvenia Summit 2001, when former President George W. Bush met with Putin and later said, "I was able to get a sense of his soul."

Russia reacted swiftly to Biden’s new comments, recalling its ambassador from Washington for consultations on March 17.

Russia’s Foreign Ministry released a statement blaming the United States for deteriorating bilateral relations: “The current situation is a consequence of Washington’s purposeful policy, which over the past several years, in fact, has deliberately led bilateral relations to a dead end.”

That is false. The breakdown in U.S.-Russia relations and subsequent sanctions targeting Russia have been a direct result of Russian actions, from the invasion and occupation of territory in Ukraine to violations of the Chemical and Biological Weapons Control and Warfare Elimination Act to repeated interference in U.S. elections and cyberattacks.

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