{"id":38017,"date":"2020-11-22T14:14:48","date_gmt":"2020-11-22T18:14:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=38017"},"modified":"2020-11-22T14:14:48","modified_gmt":"2020-11-22T18:14:48","slug":"if-putin-wont-recognize-biden-theres-a-very-good-reason-for-his-serious-reluctance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=38017","title":{"rendered":"If Putin won’t recognize Biden, there’s a very good reason for his serious reluctance."},"content":{"rendered":"

Putin Says He’s Not Ready To Recognize Biden As US President<\/h1>\n

ZeroHedge.com<\/p>\n

It took China just over 10 days to congratulate Joe Biden after the mainstream media declared him winner of the Nov 3 election. On Nov 14, Wang Wenbin, a spokesman for China\u2019s Ministry of Foreign Affairs,\u00a0said at a daily news conference\u00a0<\/a>that “we express our congratulations to Mr. Biden and Ms. Harris,” adding\u00a0 that “we respect the choice of the American people.” China’s strategic delay was to not give the impression that it was rooting for the Biden administration, widely seen as pro-China (especially following recent disclosures of Beijing’s aggressive attempts to purchase Hunter Biden’s loyalty), thus making it difficult for Joe Biden to further pivot in a China-friendly direction.<\/p>\n

However, while China may now officially recognize Biden, Russia still does not.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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On Sunday, Russian President\u00a0Vladimir Putin\u00a0said while he\u2019s ready to work with any U.S. leader, he still isn\u2019t ready to recognize the election victory of\u00a0Joe Biden.<\/p>\n

“We will work with anyone who has the confidence of the American people,\u201d<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0Putin said on Russian TV earlier today.<\/p>\n

“But that confidence can only be given to a candidate whose victory has been recognized by the opposing party, or after the results are confirmed in a legitimate, legal way.”<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Putin described the Kremlin\u2019s decision not to congratulate Biden as “a formality” with no ulterior motives.\u00a0 And in an amusing twist, when asked if the move could damage U.S.-Russia relations, Putin said: “there\u2019s nothing to damage, they\u2019re already ruined.”<\/p>\n

A Kremlin spokesperson previously said Putin wouldn\u2019t recognize Biden\u2019s win until legal challenges mounted by President Trump’s campaign immediately after Election Day were resolved in court.<\/p>\n

Putin\u2019s latest comments arrived shortly before it was confirmed on Sunday that the Trump administration had withdrawn from the Open Skies Treaty between the two nations. Reports of Trump\u2019s plans to withdraw from the treaty first emerged in spring. The Trump administration withdrew from another arms treaty with Russia, the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, signed in 1987, in August.<\/p>\n

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