Eyebrows raised in Moscow as Biden picks notoriously gaff-prone Russia critic Jen Psaki as future White House press secretary

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Here’s a blast from the past! Joe Biden has chosen Russian sanctions aficionado Jen Psaki, the blooper making face of Obama-era foreign policy, to be his main spokesperson when he presumably moves into the White House in January.

Psaki will join the seven-strong, all-woman communications unit as White House press secretary. She had previously been a spokeswoman for the State Department, where she frequently defended a policy of sanctions and increased diplomatic tensions with Russia. In 2015, she condemned fighting in the east of Ukraine, and claimed “there can also be no mistake about Russia’s role in the escalation of violence.”

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