'Mr. Biden is more experienced and predictable than Mr. Trump'
(Baonghean.vn) - RT news agency reported on February 15 that in an interview with journalist Pavel Zarubin, Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed his opinion that current US leader Joe Biden is more experienced and predictable than former US President Donald Trump.
"President Biden is more experienced and predictable. He is a strong politician," said Russian President Putin.
Mr. Putin affirmed that Russia will work with any US leader. According to President Putin, the US election campaign is on track and is taking place fiercely.
Also in the interview, regarding the special military operation, President Putin said he did not say that the start of the operation stemmed from NATO's threat of attack on Russia.
According to President Putin, Western leaders, when commenting on his interview with American journalist Tucker Carlson, are “distorting the map”.
“The fact that they are watching and listening is good. But the fact that they distort what I say is not good... Because I did not say anything like that: I did not say that the start of our special military operation in Ukraine was connected with the threat of NATO's attack on Russia," the Russian leader asserted.
President Putin said it was good that Western leaders watched his interview with journalist Carlson, but that sanctions against Carlson would show "the true face of the dictatorship in the US".
Regarding the information that former US leader Donald Trump may try to withdraw the US from NATO, if he is re-elected, President Putin said that Europe wants the US to continue to "freely perform" the responsibilities and functions since NATO's founding.
Previously, President Putin mentioned many times that the West's goal has always been to draw Ukraine into NATO, and the West's promise not to expand the alliance to the East has not come true.