Putin says Russia and U.S. should agree not to meddle in each other's elections

[Nevilledog]

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-usa-putin-idUSKCN26G1LJ

MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin called on Friday for an agreement between Russia and the United States to guarantee not to engage in cyber-meddling in each other’s elections.

In a statement ahead of the U.S. presidential election on Nov. 3, Putin called for a reset between Russia and the United States and said he wanted an agreement between the two countries to prevent incidents in cyberspace.

“(I propose)... exchanging guarantees of non-interference in each other’s internal affairs, including electoral processes, including using information and communication technologies and high-tech methods,” he said.

Moscow’s relations with Washington are at post-Cold War lows as the election looms.

U.S. intelligence agencies have concluded that Russia interfered in the 2016 U.S. presidential election with the aim of tilting it in Donald Trump’s favour, including by hacking into the campaign of his rival Hillary Clinton. Moscow denies that charge.

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[mucifer]

1. he can go ef himself!!!

[TheBlackAdder]

9. Notice the operative word: Should

.

He's setting up a Biden mea culpa, and leverage the tenet of forgiveness.


This is the Both Sides Are Doing It excuse to remove or redirect fault from Putin and his administration.

However, since both sides are currently doing it, it's GAME ON for 2020 election tampering.

.

[Wounded Bear]

2. Yeah, sure. We'll get right on that...

[TheRealNorth]

3. Putin must be getting scared that his puppet is gonna falter

and that there will be hell to pay when Biden takes charge.

Although more than likely it is all smoke and mirrors BS.

[Thekaspervote]

5. Exactly! Putin obviously is not getting the results he had in '16 & knows dotard is going to lose

[unblock]

4. Sounds like he's negotiating with trump so that president Biden won't be able to get revenge

[Raven123]

6. Is this an example of "fake news?"

[soothsayer]

10. It is indeed!

[DonaldsRump]

7. Putin knows his puppet is going to lose in a landslide

This is laughable in the extreme.

[Enoki33]

8. Putin the master spy has become laughably transparent.

[soothsayer]

11. They are cut from the same cloth, aren't they? Means more meddling, not less

[Tom Rinaldo]

13. Laughably transparent, true, but this is probabley where relations need to end up

But not due to hollow promises from Putin. He is not about to call off his trolls and hackers during this election. A real agreement would not be formalized in public, it would be an understanding that each side would refrain if the other side did also, knowing full well that interference would not stay undetected and retaliation for it would be certain.

[Enoki33]

19. Putin geopolitically usually hedges his bets. For him this is

uncharacteristically transparent. Could be a reality forced response to Biden’s warning of a few weeks ago, and his instincts of self survival. Either way tRump will surely fail to see it as foreshadowing his doom.

[Takket]

12. Did our meddling cause him to only get 99% of the vote instead of 100%?

In their last “completely legit” election?

[ansible]

14. Unfortunately a lot of russians do support Putin

I've had the opportunity to talk to several online and they're fucking nuts, they're even more fanatical with Putin than Trumpsters are with their dear leader. Cult of personality never really died out in Russia.

[BannonsLiver]

18. It's chock full of virulent homophobes and misogynists

In my travels around Europe, I’ve found Russians to be generally obnoxious and unpleasant people. Never turn your back on them, either. I liked it a lot better during communism when they weren’t really allowed to roam. Now you see them all over the place.

[JHB]

15. "Let me sweeten deal. I have also bridge in Brooklyn..."

[dalton99a]

16. He knows the Day of Reckoning is coming

[lagomorph777]

17. Putin will have much bigger problems to worry about when Biden takes over.

He'll have to hide underground.