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Biden speaks to Putin for first time since taking power -White House

By Trevor Hunnicutt and Steve Holland

 

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FILE PHOTO: Vladimir Putin shakes hands with Joe Biden during their meeting in Moscow March 10, 2011. REUTERS/Alexander Natruskin/File Photo

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden spoke to Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday for the first time since taking office and raised concerns about Russian activities including the treatment of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, the White House said.

 

A White House statement said the two leaders agreed to have their teams work urgently to complete the extension of the New START arms control treaty between the United States and Russia by Feb. 5, when the current pact expires.

 

White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki announced the phone call between the two leaders at her daily briefing. It came as Biden adjusts U.S. policy in a more robust way toward Russia after his predecessor, Donald Trump refused to take on Putin directly.

 

At the same time, Biden sought to repair the strained alliance between the United States and Europe by stressing in a phone call with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg that Washington would abide by the NATO treaty's mutual defense pact.

 

"President Biden reaffirmed the United States’ commitment to collective defense under Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty and underscored his commitment to strengthening transatlantic security," a White House statement said.

 

In the Putin phone call, Psaki said, topics included Biden's proposal to extend the New START nuclear arms treaty with Russia for five years and "strong (U.S.) support for Ukraine sovereignty" in the face of ongoing Russian aggression.

 

The arms control treaty limits the United States and Russia to deploying no more than 1,550 strategic nuclear warheads each.

 

Psaki said Biden also raised the case of Navalny, who was jailed after his return to Moscow from Germany last week, a case that has raised tension between Russia and the United States.

 

Biden further voiced concern to Putin about what the White House called interference in the 2020 presidential election, as well as the massive Solar Winds cyber hack blamed on Moscow and reports that Russians offered bounties to Taliban insurgents for killing U.S. troops in Afghanistan.

 

Biden's phone call with Stoltenberg came a day after he spoke with German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

 

"The president thanked the (NATO) secretary general for his steadfast leadership of the alliance, and conveyed his intention to consult and work with allies on the full range of shared security concerns, including Afghanistan, Iraq, and Russia," the White House statement said.

 

(Reporting by Trevor Hunnicutt and Steve Holland; Editing by Mark Heinrich)

 

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11 minutes ago, Tug said:

What no genuflects and bending of the knee before Putin no throwing our intelligence agencies under the bus what!!!he brought up russans aggression in Ukraine oh my!!he addressed russans putting bounty’s on dead GIs holy cow!!broght up election interference and the hacking of our government!!yup sounds like and acts like a real president!!now make him howl no more bs out of Putin!!

 

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I wonder if Trump sang Carl Perkins song "Matchbox" in their final chit chat?

Well let me be your little dog
Till that big dog comes
Let me be your little dog
Till that big dog comes
And when that big dog gets here
Watch how your puppy dog runs

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6 minutes ago, Jeffr2 said:

Ask the residents of Moldova, Ukraine, and Georgia where they had land taken by force from Russia.  Or, the various countries that have had their elections interfered with....or....

 

https://www.csis.org/blogs/technology-policy-blog/russia-ramps-global-elections-interference-lessons-united-states

Another TV double standards comedian. 

Oh!  So a American person gets an email telling them who to vote for !!!!!! What does that make that American. 

 

And America hasn't interfered in any country at all,  Oh!!  OK gotcha. ????

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1 minute ago, Kwasaki said:

Another TV double standards comedian. 

Oh!  So a American person gets an email telling them who to vote for !!!!!! What does that make that American. 

 

And America hasn't interfered in any country at all,  Oh!!  OK gotcha. ????

Dude...calm down.  Talk about a TVF comedian.

 

You probably didn't even read my link.  Or, understand what I posted.  Jeez...

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6 minutes ago, Jeffr2 said:

Dude...calm down.  Talk about a TVF comedian.

 

You probably didn't even read my link.  Or, understand what I posted.  Jeez...

I was puzzled by his reply, too. Maybe mistakenly posted his reply to you instead of whoever was the intended target? I hope so.

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2 hours ago, Jeffr2 said:

Dude...calm down.  Talk about a TVF comedian.

 

You probably didn't even read my link.  Or, understand what I posted.  Jeez...

???? I'm English and as calm as the Russians laughing at the USA and puppet UK and  I did read your media link absolute media BS. 

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9 hours ago, Chomper Higgot said:

Biden needs to put the squeeze on Russia’s oligarchs, they’ll deal with Putin for him.

I don't disagree entirely with what you say (and it's certainly worth a bash) but Russia is essential a mafia state run by a Boss who covets power more than money. The people who have fed at his trough are too finacially invested into capatilism to not be expendable to Putin (and he has clearly shown he is VERY adapt at reaching you and will do ANYTHING to silence you if you become a problem).

The biggest problem is he is adored in his own country (this is why I think Trump had such a man crush on him). Externally he is seen as gangster, internally he is seen as a patriot giving the big f&ck you to the west.

Just ignore him for a while until his people turn on him. Get the oligarch's as well (never a bad idea as they deserve it) but they're not going to register on Putins radar never mind bring him down. 

  

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