Amongst the various “blame Russia” statements on the Navalny Affair made by Merkel, Boris Johnson, NATO’s Stoltenberg et al., Biden’s statement is as, or more, blatant than all, for its presumptive guilt of Russia and its explicit naming of Putin.
Biden: “Once again, the Kremlin has used a favorite weapon — an agent from the Novichok class of chemicals — in an effort to silence a political opponent. It is the mark of a Russian regime that is so paranoid that it is unwilling to tolerate any criticism or dissent.… [H]is [Trump’s] silence is complicity. As President, I will do what Donald Trump refuses to do: work with our allies and partners to hold the Putin regime accountable for its crimes.”
Further, Biden’s accusation of “complicity” by Trump is completely over the top, and a pretty good marker of his puppet-status for the neo-cons.
