SULAIMANI (ESTA) — U.S. President Joe Biden said Russian President Vladimir Putin will face consequences for directing efforts to swing the 2020 U.S. presidential election to Donald Trump.
“He will pay a price,” Biden told ABC News in an interview that aired on Wednesday. Asked what the consequences would come, he said, “You’ll see shortly.”
Biden’s comments come after a U.S. intelligence report on Tuesday bolstered longstanding allegations that Putin was behind Moscow’s election interference. Russia called the accusations “baseless”.
Biden also said “there’s places where it’s in our mutual interest to work together” such as renewing the START nuclear agreement, according to Reuters.
He added that the two leaders had a known history.
“I know him relatively well,” Biden said, noting that “the most important thing dealing with foreign leaders in my experience … is just know the other guy.”
Of Putin, Biden said he does not think the Russian leader has a soul. Asked if he thought Putin was a killer, he told ABC: “I do.”
(Esta Media Network/Reuters)
