OREANDA-NEWS  So, during a video conference with representatives of local authorities, Biden said that previously other countries doubted that the United States could do something. 

In particular, he noted, at the beginning of 2021, Ireland stated that the United States cannot lead and "cannot even cope with the coronavirus". 

The American leader stressed that Russia and China are responding with "autocracy because democracies cannot unite". In this regard, Biden urged to work together to solve serious problems. 

“We have to demonstrate that we can do things”, - he concluded. 

Earlier, the director of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) Sergey Naryshkin said that the elites and the media of the United States demonize Russia regardless of who is in power in Washington. 

Also, the head of the Foreign Intelligence Service noted that at the moment US President Joe Biden is criticized by both Republicans and Democrats for his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Geneva.