Moscow, July 25: Russian leadership is baffled by the “harsh criticism” of the Kremlin by US Vice President Joe Biden at the time when the two countries are trying hard to improve their ties. “The Russian leadership is perplexed by the harsh criticism of Russia by US Vice President Joe Biden at the time when the two countries are actively “resetting” their relations,” Deputy Chief of Kremlin Staff and President Dmitry Medvedev”s foreign policy aide Sergei Prikhodko said.
“The question arises: who sets the foreign policy of the USA — the President or the respected members of his team. We have already gone through this in the past,” Prikhodko was quoted as saying by Interfax.
In an interview to the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) at the end of a four-day trip to Ukraine and Georgia, Biden said Russia”s economy is “withering,” and suggested the trend would force the country to make accommodations to the West on a wide range of national-security issues, including loosening its grip on former Soviet republics and shrinking its vast nuclear arsenal
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