President Joe Biden landed Tuesday in Geneva on the eve of his first summit with Vladimir Putin, a meeting the White House hopes will set clear "red lines" preventing the combustible US-Russia relationship from further deterioration.
"There will be no breaking of bread," a senior US official said aboard the president's Air Force One plane, speaking on condition of anonymity. From cyber attacks on US entities and meddling in the last two US presidential elections, to human rights violations and aggression against Ukraine and other European countries, the US list of allegations against the Kremlin runs long.In an interview with NBC ahead of the summit, Putin scoffed at US accusations.
A small group of demonstrators, some wearing "Free Navalny" t-shirts, gathered in Geneva on Tuesday evening, calling for the dissident's release and chanting "Russia without Putin". After a year and a half of grappling with the devastating Covid-19 pandemic, the US and Russian leaders had the chance to "inject a bit more optimism, a bit more hope into global politics", he added.Biden -- flying into Geneva from Brussels after back-to-back summits with the EU, NATO and the G7 group of allies -- meanwhile said he wants to establish clear "red lines" for what the White House will no longer tolerate.
For all the bruising rhetoric, the White House is keen to emphasise that it wants to do business in a limited way with Russia. Officials point to the recent extension of the New START nuclear arms limitation treaty as an example of successful diplomacy.
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