Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks while marking Day of Russia at the Grand Kremlin Palace in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, June 12, 2021. Since 1992, Russia Day is annually celebrated on 12 June as the Russian Federation's national holiday. MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin has said Russia would be ready to hand over cyber criminals to the US if Washington did the same for Moscow and the two powers reached an agreement to that effect.
Putin made the comments in an interview aired in excerpts on state television on Sunday ahead of a Jun 16 summit with US President Joe Biden in Geneva. Ties between the powers are badly strained over an array of issues.The Russian leader said he expected the Geneva meeting to help establish bilateral dialogue and revive personal contacts, adding that important issues for the two men included strategic stability, Libya and Syria, and the environment.
Putin also praised Biden for having shown"professionalism" when the US and Russia agreed this year to extend the New START nuclear arms control treaty. The White House has said Biden will bring up ransomware attacks emanating from Russia at the meeting. That issue is in the spotlight after a cyber attack disrupted the North American and Australian operations ofA Russia-linked hacking group was behind that attack, a US source familiar with the matter said last week.
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