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“I expect as we get closer we’ll have confirmation on who will be participating in the summit,” she told reporters during a press briefing on Tuesday.
The Russian Embassy didn’t immediately return The Hill’s request for comment.
Putin was among 40 world leaders who were invited to attend the summit, including 17 countries that make up about 80 percent of global emissions and global gross domestic product.
The U.S. is expected to unveil its updated Paris climate agreement contributions ahead of the meeting.
Russia is the world’s fourth-largest emitter, while the U.S. is its second-largest.
The country’s reported plans come amid tensions between Russia and the Biden administration, particularly after the U.S. president called Putin a “killer” in a recent interview.
“I came from a country surrounded by the ideology of radicals like Fidel Castro and Che Guevara who promised to give everyone all they needed and solve all their problems just like Bernie Sanders and AOC are doing today,” said Moreno, who came to the U.S. as a child from Colombia.
“That’s the exact opposite of American democracy and the American dream. But Biden, Harris, the extreme left, their allies in the media, big tech and universities push socialism at every turn, using cancel culture to completely silence us,” he added.
Moreno is just the latest Republican to throw his hat in the ring to replace Portman, who will be leaving the Senate at the end of his second term in 2023.
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The committee leaders questioned Wales and DeRusha about the progress the administration has made garnering information about the SolarWinds hack, which U.S. intelligence agencies assessed in January was “likely” carried out by Russian hackers, and compromised at least nine federal agencies and 100 private sector groups.
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The senators also asked questions about recently discovered vulnerabilities in Microsoft’s Exchange Server, which the company said last month was actively exploited by at least one state-sponsored Chinese hacking group to gain access to thousands of organizations around the world.
“There is no easy solution to advanced persistent cyber threats,” the senators wrote.