Biden Says He Confronted Putin on Navalny and Gave Cyber Warning

June 16, 2021, 6:42 PM UTC

U.S. President Joe Biden said he confronted Russian President Vladimir Putin about human-rights violations at a summit on Wednesday, including imprisoned opposition leader Alexey Navalny, and warned him against further cyber-attacks on American infrastructure.

Biden said he gave Putin a list of 16 kinds of “critical infrastructure” that should be “off limits” for cyber-attacks, and warned Putin the U.S. would respond “in a cyber way” if they were targeted by hackers.

But he also said he saw the possibility that relations between the countries may improve.

WATCH: Speaking in Geneva, Biden says he confronted Putin over human rights violations.

He said that in nearly three hours of meetings in Geneva, the ...

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