
Ex-Amb. Jim Gilmore: Biden-Putin summit – here are the reasons why this meeting shouldn't take place
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President Biden plans to hold a major "summit" with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Geneva, Switzerland, this week. In my view, he should not hold this meeting.
Putin’s meeting with the leader of the free world lends him legitimacy, while Russians dedicated to freedom in Russia are being oppressed. Putin's principal political opponent, Alexei Navalny has been falsely imprisoned and is likely to be murdered through ill-treatment in a labor camp. Putin is all about sending messages to opponents. Clearly, the U.S. should have a stable relationship with Russia but stability shouldn’t mean only that the U.S. gives and Russia takes. Putin’s assassinations and attempted assassinations of his opponents are well-documented, such as the poison attacks on Russian emigres in the United Kingdom. There have been assassinations of Putin’s opponents in Austria and Germany and in Russia itself.More Related News