In an interview with CNN This Saturday (26), Professor of International Relations at the Federal University of Sergipe (UFS) Barbara Motta spoke about the visit of President Joe Biden to Poland. For the professor, the attacks that took place today in the region of Lviv, a Ukrainian city that borders the country visited by Biden, demonstrate the opposition of Russians to the president’s trip.
“In relation to Lviv specifically, it seems that the attacks follow another logic, as it is a city very close to Poland and considering that President Biden was in Poland, I consider that the attacks we saw today in Lviv are a way of showing dissatisfaction. , Russia’s opposition to President Biden’s trip, whether to talk to NATO or to talk to the European Union; but specifically for the conversation with the president of Poland”.
In a speech on Saturday night (26), by local time in Warsaw, Poland (Saturday afternoon, by Brasília time), US President Joe Biden called Vladimir Putin a “dictator” and attacked the Russian president. for the Kremlin operation that led to the War in Ukraine, saying Putin “can’t stay in power”.
The professor points out that “caution” is needed in the statements, and that Joe Biden’s speech can further boost the tension between Russia and Ukraine.
At one point, after making several criticisms of the Kremlin’s actions – and highlighting the effectiveness of economic sanctions against Russia – Biden addressed the speech to the country’s citizens.
“It is necessary to be a little careful in these lines, Biden’s speech seems to me very reckless, in the sequence, Russia itself said that this type of initiative is not up to the US but to the people of Russia, which is totally true, choosing good or bad leaders one of the basic prerogatives of democracy is that it is up to the country’s citizens to make that choice”, he said.
Kremlin chief spokesman Dmitry Peskov rejected the US president’s statement. “It’s not up to Biden to decide. The president of Russia is elected by the Russians.”
“About the impacts, it seems to me that the first impression is that this speech is not constructive, what we need to think about now is a ceasefire, including for the good of the civilian population. And these speeches by President Biden, added to so many other speeches he has been making, can inflame even more tensions”, added the professor.
Source: CNN Brasil
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