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=====Relations with Vladimir Putin=====

=====Relations with Vladimir Putin=====

[[File:Sadiq Khan and Elena Baturina.jpg|right|350px|thumb|London mayor [[Sadiq Khan]] and Elana Baturina.]]

[[File:Sadiq Khan and Elena Baturina.jpg|right|350px|thumb|London mayor [[Sadiq Khan]] and Elana Baturina.]]

As vice-president in 2011, Putin snubbed Biden in a face-to-face meeting. Sitting across a conference table Putin, Biden attempted to lecture Putin. Biden said, "I’ve been around a long time. The first time I was here…” and in mid-sentence his microphone was cut off,<ref>https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2011/03/10/remarks-vice-president-joe-biden-and-russian-prime-minister-vladimir-put</ref>  the lights for the TV cameras went off, and the press was told to leave. The press exited quickly and quietly.  Videocameras were disassembled from tripods and still photographers stopped shooting. Portable lights came down from retractable poles. No one spoke and no one lingered.  Putin baited Biden, pulled the plug, stole Biden's audience, and rendered him speechless.  Putin and the Russian delegation sat as their American counterparts realized Biden's big moment had been stolen right out from under him.  Putin had neither fear nor respect for Biden, and Biden was humiliated.<ref>https://thenationalpulse.com/analysis/putin-humiliated-biden-in-moscow-meeting/</ref>  At his June 16, 2921 summit with Putin, Biden refused to appear at the traditional post-summit press conference with Putin.<ref>https://creativedestructionmedia.com/news/europe/2021/06/12/biden-refuses-to-hold-joint-press-conference-with-putin-after-upcoming-summit/</ref>

As vice-president in 2011, Putin snubbed Biden in a face-to-face meeting. Sitting across a conference table Putin, Biden attempted to lecture Putin. Biden said, "I’ve been around a long time. The first time I was here…” and in mid-sentence his microphone was cut off,<ref>https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2011/03/10/remarks-vice-president-joe-biden-and-russian-prime-minister-vladimir-put</ref>  the lights for the TV cameras went off, and the press was told to leave. The press exited quickly and quietly.  Videocameras were disassembled from tripods and still photographers stopped shooting. Portable lights came down from retractable poles. No one spoke and no one lingered.  Putin pulled the plug, stole Biden's audience, and rendered him speechless.  Putin and the Russian delegation sat as their American counterparts realized Biden's big moment had been stolen right out from under him.  Putin had neither fear nor respect for Biden, and Biden was humiliated.<ref>https://thenationalpulse.com/analysis/putin-humiliated-biden-in-moscow-meeting/</ref>  At his June 16, 2921 summit with Putin, Biden refused to appear at the traditional post-summit press conference with Putin.<ref>https://creativedestructionmedia.com/news/europe/2021/06/12/biden-refuses-to-hold-joint-press-conference-with-putin-after-upcoming-summit/</ref>

In 2014 Hunter Biden colluded with and received $3.5 million from Elena Baturina, the richest woman in Russia and widow of former Moscow mayor Yury Luzhkov as payment to establish an American bank account for her.<ref>https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/missionquestfpb/shock-man-who-had-hunter-biden-s-laptop-suggests-t-t10669-s2420.html</ref>  In late 2019 Baturina was declarred a fugitive from Russian justice.<ref>https://www.rferl.org/a/russian-court-declares-late-moscow-mayor-s-widow-wanted-after-failure-to-appear/30348065.html</ref>

In 2014 Hunter Biden colluded with and received $3.5 million from Elena Baturina, the richest woman in Russia and widow of former Moscow mayor Yury Luzhkov as payment to establish an American bank account for her.<ref>https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/missionquestfpb/shock-man-who-had-hunter-biden-s-laptop-suggests-t-t10669-s2420.html</ref>  In late 2019 Baturina was declarred a fugitive from Russian justice.<ref>https://www.rferl.org/a/russian-court-declares-late-moscow-mayor-s-widow-wanted-after-failure-to-appear/30348065.html</ref>