"They need to learn to respect others and then no one will have to be suppressed. But the desire to suppress someone all the time for some reason or for no reason at all leads to problems. They [US representatives], of course, with their usual brilliance, love and do it well - they smile during protocol events, pat everyone on the shoulder. But respect for other people, for other countries, for other peoples lies elsewhere, lies in taking into account their interests," Putin told Pavel Zarubin, a Russian news agency reporter.
"I believe that Biden is certainly one of the most experienced politicians in the world as a whole - in terms of time spent in the so-called upper echelons of power. He has been in politics for a long time. Of course, a person is experienced and knows what tasks to set for himself, how to achieve them. If they [US] have no other tasks but to build relations with Russia, then in a sense this is not bad," Putin said, emphasizeng that Russia's interests cannot be suppressed, but will have to be respected.