Biden confronts Putin on Navalny and cyberattacks
US leader warns if opposition leader Alexei Navalny dies in prison ‘the consequences would be devastating for Russia’
16 June 2021 - 21:44
US President Joe Biden said he confronted Russian President Vladimir Putin about human rights violations at a summit on Wednesday, including imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny, and warned him against further cyberattacks on American infrastructure.
Biden said he gave Putin a list of 16 kinds of “critical infrastructure” that should be “off limits” for cyberattacks, and warned Putin the US would respond “in a cyber way” if they were targeted by hackers...
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