Biden said he believes Putin is a murderer and will pay the price soon.

US President Joe Biden has said Russian President Vladimir Putin will face the consequences of his efforts to ensure that the 2020 US presidential elections are favorable to Donald Trump, and that they will come soon.

“(Putin) will pay a price”Biden said ABC News in an interview aired Wednesday. When asked what the consequences would be, he did not elaborate on the details and replied, “You will see soon.”

The president referred to the U.S. intelligence report that Putin had personally authorized operations to interfere with the electoral process and favor Donald Trump, who was seeking re-election.

Asked by journalist George Stephanopoulos if he believes Putin is a murderer (“killer”), he replied: “Yes, I think he is.”

U.S. intelligence agencies on Tuesday accused Russia and Iran of attempting to interfere with the 2020 presidential elections and revealed that Cuba, Venezuela and Hezbollah’s Shiite Lebanese militia also tried to influence the government. process, although its effect was more limited.

Specifically, they claim that Putin “authorized” a “wide range” of operations to undermine public confidence in the electoral process and exacerbate divisions to help then President Donald Trump and harm the Democratic candidate for election. White House.

This statement marked a stark contrast to the firm refusal of his predecessor, Donald Trump, to say anything negative about the Russian president.

Biden said he spoke to Putin in January after taking office. “We had a long conversation, him and I know him relatively well,” Biden said. “The conversation started, I said: ‘I know you and you know me. If I establish that this has happened, then be preparedBiden said.

He did not clarify whether he was referring to Russian interference in the US elections or other behaviors the US opposes, such as the poisoning and imprisonment of the opponent. Russian Alexei Navalny.

Additionally, he recalled a meeting they had in 2011, when Biden was vice president, and told him he didn’t believe the Russian leader had a soul.

Russia has reacted with fury to Biden’s comments that Putin is a murderer. “Biden insulted the citizens of our country with his statement,” the Speaker of the Lower House of Parliament, Viacheslav Volodin, wrote on his Telegram channel, adding that the attacks on Putin are “attacks on our country”.

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