DISINFO: The US is forced to admit that Russia is a global player
SUMMARY
It is now obvious that there is a confrontation between the US and Russia. Moscow did not declare it, Russia was just faced with the fact.
During the scheduled meeting in Switzerland between President of Russia Vladimir Putin and President of the US Joe Biden, on the agenda could be both global security and global changes in international relations. The US is trying to impose the opinion that Russia is not a global player but it is obvious that Washington is now forced to admit the opposite. The meeting itself symbolises the changing position of the US.
RESPONSE
The US president meeting Russia’s president does not par se symbolise a change in the US policies towards Russia. All US Presidents since Lyndon B. Johnson have met Russia’s leaders.
The claim that the US was the initiator of bad relations with Russia or that Washington downplays the role and status of Russia in the international sphere is groundless and speculative.
US President Biden and his administration has given a new boost to multilateral diplomacy in general. With regards to Russia the aim of the US was the collaboration with Russia in areas of international relations and global security but Moscow rejected this approach in favour of the aggressive pursuit of its unilateral interests (see the US position on the relations with Russia here).
The US has sanctioned Russian entities and individuals for violating the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine; in response to malign activities such as undermining the conduct of free and fair elections and democratic institutions in the United States and its allies and partners; engaging in and facilitating malicious cyber activities; pursuing extraterritorial activities targeting dissidents or journalists; violating well-established principles of international law, including respect for the territorial integrity of states.
See earlier examples of disinformation with claims that Western-Russian relations deteriorated because of Western actions or that Russia is committed to cooperation, not confrontation, while the US conducts aggressive foreign policy.