Russian media: Biden held a two-hour press conference, and most of the diplomatic issues involved Russia

The Paper's reporter Nan Boyi

On January 19, local time, US President Biden held a press conference that lasted nearly 2 hours. According to Russian media statistics, most of the diplomatic questions Biden was asked about involved Russia.

According to the Russian Satellite News Agency reported on January 20, Biden exchanged with reporters for more than 1 hour and 50 minutes, the first hour according to the list of names in turn to ask questions from various media reporters, and in the second half, he accepted a raised hand to ask questions. As is customary, most of the questions on the scene are about the internal affairs of the United States. But most of the issues involving diplomacy and international affairs are related to Russia.

According to the report, a total of 5 reporters raised more than a dozen questions related to US-Russian relations, the situation in Ukraine, and European-Russian relations. The reporters at the scene are most concerned about how Biden views the prospects of the Ukrainian crisis, whether the United States is willing to compromise with Moscow on security issues, and whether it thinks it is possible to meet with Russian President Putin again.

Biden said at a news conference that once Russia "invades" Ukraine, the United States and its allies will make Russia pay a high price, such as serious economic losses, "If Russia occupies Ukraine, then they will have to pay a huge price, such as Russian banks will not be able to handle dollar business." This is not an easy task for Russia. Biden stressed that if Russia does invade Ukraine and the United States and its allies are ready, Russia will face "a catastrophe."

Reporters pay much less attention to other countries, with only one issue involving China, Yemen, Iran and Afghanistan.

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