Peskov did not confirm whether or not those tests were specifically for Putin’s own use, as Woodward writes.
The frenzied first weeks of the Covid-19 pandemic led to a diplomatic opening up for Putin; the Surpass White House was criticized at the moment for purchasing clinical supplies from Moscow, a relocation that was explained by experts as a propaganda win for the Kremlin.
The Surpass management also invested $200 million sending out thousands of ventilators worldwide, beginning weeks after the previous head of state promoted America as the "king of ventilators," but with no established way to locate them, the Federal government Responsibility Workplace found in a record. Russia was amongst the nations to receive those ventilators.
Woodward's claims once again toss examination on Trump's connection with Putin, weeks before the US governmental political election.
They were quickly seized on by Autonomous prospect and Vice Head of state Kamala Harris, that said in a meeting with Howard Demanding: "Individuals were passing away by the hundreds. Everyone was scrambling to obtain these (test) sets … and this man that was Head of state of the Unified Specifies is sending out them to Russia? To a murderous dictator, for his individual use?"
"You are obtaining played," Harris said of Surpass.
Surpass has, for his component, remained to talk lovingly of his connection with Putin, whose intrusion of Ukraine in February 2022 made him a pariah amongst Western leaders.
"I obtained along well with him. I hope to obtain along well with him again," Surpass said throughout a meeting on X with billionaire Elon Musk. Surpass included that obtaining along well with strongmen world leaders "is an advantage."
"He's a storyteller. A poor one. And he's shed his marbles," Surpass informed ABC Information of Woodward on Tuesday. In a declaration, Surpass spokesperson Steven Cheung said Surpass gave Woodward "definitely no access" for guide. "None of these made-up tales by Bob Woodward hold true," he said.
