Russian President Vladimir Putin has attempted to mark a positive resemblance between Democratic presidential candidate, former Vice President Joe Biden, and Soviet communists in a wide-ranging interview with the Rossiya TV channel, released Wednesday as the 2020 vice presidential candidates prepared to debate.
The president said the Kremlin would be open to working with whoever sits in the Oval Office in 2021, despite U.S. intelligence reports indicating that Russia is trying to undermine Biden in the same way it did Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton in 2016.
But Putin linked Biden to communist ideology during the interview. While Putin—a former party member, KGB colonel and intelligence operative—made the comparison in positive terms, his comment lines up with GOP talking points about the Biden-Kamala Harris ticket. Trump and his allies have tried to frame their opponents proposing a far-left, extremist platform dictated by the progressive wing of the Democratic Party.
"The Democratic Party is traditionally closer to the so-called liberal values, closer to social democratic ideas," Putin said. "And it was from the social democratic environment that the Communist Party evolved."
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WNU Editor: It looks like Russian President Putin is hedging his bets .... Putin sends a mixed message on US election, hedging his bets (AP). All of my friends/contacts/and family are telling me that the sentiment in Russia is that Biden will be elected US President next month. I will know more later this week. A friend of mine has a radio show in Moscow and every two to three weeks I am on his show where we talk about what is happening in the U.S.. But from what I have been watching on Russian news channels, they have written President Trump off.
