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| Kremlin reveals details of the conversation between Putin and Biden |
| 2022-02-13 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [RIA Novosti] Presidents of Russia and the United States Vladimir Putin and Joe Biden spoke on the phone for more than an hour, the nature of the conversation was balanced and business-like, said Yury Ushakov, an aide to the Russian leader. "The conversation took place in an environment of unprecedented hysteria by US officials about Russia's supposedly imminent invasion of Ukraine," the official added. According to him, "the hysteria has reached its climax." Ushakov noted that the Americans are artificially escalating the situation, naming "the dates of this invasion," and at the same time, together with the allies, are "pumping up the military muscles of Ukraine." "To the accompaniment of allegations of an invasion, prerequisites are being created for possibly provocative actions by the Ukrainian armed forces. This is how we view this situation," the presidential aide said. Biden, as expected, mentioned possible anti-Russian sanctions in the context of the tense situation around Ukraine, but there was no emphasis on this issue. In turn, Putin reminded his interlocutor of the history of the development of relations between Moscow , Washington and NATO. "The President of Russia, in particular, noted that during the years of the Cold War, the Soviet Union and the United States were, of course, one hundred percent adversaries. And, for example, in the 1990s, we seemed to be friends. But even then, the United States and NATO pursued a far from constructive line towards Russia, because it was then that the practical expansion of the scope of NATO's activities began, it was then that new members were admitted, and the alliance approached the borders of Russia," the presidential aide added. In the conversation, Putin noted that "our two great powers are still competitors, but must do everything to maintain stability" and security throughout the world. The Russian leader also pointed out that the West is not trying to get Ukraine to implement the Minsk agreements. At the same time, tensions have been escalated around the movement of Russian troops across Russian territory for several months, and in recent days and hours the situation has been brought to the point of absurdity; it is not clear why this should be done. Moscow calls for doing everything possible to "avoid the worst-case scenario in the context of the current situation around Ukraine," Ushakov concluded. The conversation between Putin and Biden took place against the backdrop of regular statements by Western politicians and journalists about Moscow's imaginary plans to escalate the situation around Ukraine. Thus, the Politico newspaper, citing "informed sources", wrote that the US President, at a meeting with the leaders of Western countries, the European Union and NATO, which took place the night before via video link, called the date of Russia's "invasion" of Ukraine on February 16. Under this pretext, NATO is strengthening its presence at the Russian borders. So, it became known that the United States is additionally transferring 3,000 troops to Poland and sent four destroyers to Europe. Russia rejects all the plans attributed to it to escalate the conflict in Ukraine and reminds that Kiev does not comply with the Minsk agreements: the Ukrainian authorities have concentrated half of the army’s personnel near the line of contact and fire at the militias with banned weapons. The Kremlin and the Foreign Ministry have repeatedly noted that the goal of the "aggression" stories is to build up a foreign group near the Russian borders. They also explained that the main reason for the escalation of the situation is the actions of the United States and NATO, which are pumping Ukraine with weapons, thereby pushing it towards military adventures. As the press secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov emphasized , the information hysteria of the West is accompanied by a large number of lies and fakes. |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #8 prerequisites are being created for possibly provocative actions by the Ukrainian armed forces Why would the Ukrainians do any such thing? Sounds more like the Russians laying the ground to claim there were "provocative actions". |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2022-02-13 17:31 |
| #7 Senile twatterings. |
| Posted by: Woodrow 2022-02-13 17:19 |
| #6 Cool, leak the info before the WH plays that game. Heh. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2022-02-13 13:31 |
| #5 There has to be a form of visual evidence to support the way people are giving Jojo things to say and ask and who they are? I cannot imagine that most of the conversation involved any original, cogent thought on Biden's part, but unlike the translator games where there is a third party to modify the worst screw-up, Putie speaks excellent English and can clearly discern script reading from spontaneous conversation. |
| Posted by: NoMoreBS 2022-02-13 12:25 |
| #4 They've got a voice modification program that makes Tiny Tim sound like the authoritative Joe Biden. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2022-02-13 11:29 |
| #3 more than an hour Surprised Biden could stay awake that long. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2022-02-13 10:37 |
| #2 the chekas first remedial puppet show! |
| Posted by: Sluse Grealet9429 2022-02-13 06:46 |
| #1 Magoo: "C'mon, man!" Putin [after hearing translation]: "Что такой?? Куда Вы хотите...?" Magoo [pounding the table]: "OK boychik, let's you and I settle this behind the school bathroom!" Putin [turns to his aide]: "Ну, ты не сообщил меня, что он безумный гомик которы ищет дети в школах!" |
| Posted by: Merrick Ferret 2022-02-13 03:42 |