US President Joe Biden will make a decision on building relations with Russia after the completion of an assessment by US intelligence of a number of steps that Moscow has taken in recent years. This was stated by the press secretary of the White House Jen Psaki, reports TASS.
According to her, lately Russian leader Vladimir Putin and Kremlin officials have taken actions that cause concern to Washington. “Therefore, Biden instructed his national security team to begin the process of investigating not only reports of hacker attacks during the 2020 presidential election, but also monetary rewards for our military personnel [in Afghanistan], the SolarWinds hacker attack, to take a close look. so that we have our own assessment, “- explained the representative of the head of state.
This process will take several more weeks to complete. After that, the US will have more details for Russia’s response. “As you know, Biden spoke with President Putin about two weeks ago and was not shy about expressing his concerns about the actions of his government,” Psaki recalled.
In early February, the American leader assured that the United States would make Russia pay for all its actions. “I made it clear to President Putin that the days when the United States would surrender in the face of Russia’s aggressive actions – interference in our elections, cyber attacks, poisoning of its citizens – are over. We will not hesitate to defend the vital interests of our people and make Russia pay,” – he said.