Russian oppositionist, political scientist, and publicist Andrey Piontkovsky believe that Vice President Kamala Harris's speech preludes Biden's stronger performance.
"The speech of US Vice President Kamala Harris made the most significant impression on me today. She devoted most of her speech to accusing the Russian Federation of crimes against humanity, and ended her speech with the formula: The United States officially charges the Russian Federation with crimes against humanity. This is a very serious statement. It changes, if there is still any need in it, the attitude towards this regime and this war.
It has been repeatedly emphasized that there are victims and an aggressor. But then she, (Kamala Harris) supplemented her accusation with a natural phrase that not only the specific perpetrators of the crime but also the leaders of the Russian state would be held accountable. Many were expecting Biden's visit to Warsaw, but essentially on the front lines, they were expecting important statements that would raise the stakes.
On the other hand, Biden will arrive just in same days (February 21-22) when Putin planned an appeal to the Federal assembly and his so-called deep nation. That is, a confrontation at the highest level was clearly expected, between the statements of Biden and Putin. So, officially accusing Russia of crimes against humanity is a serious warm-up before the visit of Biden and his statements.
Biden to meet with Zelensky. It is obvious. And if the tone of the Munich conference continues, then we are waiting for very serious statements from Biden."
