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Russia’s Lavrov needles Biden over Cuban missile crisis

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Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov needled Joe Biden over Ukraine, saying that he hoped the U.S. president had the wisdom to deal with a confrontation similar to the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, according to Reuters.

In an interview for a Russian state television documentary on the missile crisis, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said there were “similarities” to 1962, largely because Russia was now threatened by Western weapons in Ukraine.

“I hope that in today’s situation, President Joe Biden will have more opportunities to understand who gives orders and how,” Lavrov said with a faint smile. “This situation is very disturbing.”

“The difference is that in the distant 1962, Khrushchev and Kennedy found the strength to show responsibility and wisdom, and now we do not see such readiness on the part of Washington and its satellites,” Lavrov said.

Reuters

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