Biden Warns ‘Worthy Adversary’ Putin Over Navalny’s Health
- U.S. and Russian presidents to meet Wednesday in Geneva
- Biden says he’ll make clear ‘red lines’ on disagreements
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President Joe Biden said U.S. allies have thanked him for his planned meeting with Vladimir Putin, but he warned the Russian president that relations would be severely damaged if Alexey Navalny, a political opponent who was the victim of an apparent assassination attempt, died in prison.
“Navalny’s death would be another indication that Russia has little or no intention of abiding by basic fundamental human rights,” Biden said at a news conference in Brussels following a NATO summit on Monday. “It would be a tragedy.”