(FILES) In this file photo taken on March 10, 2011 Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (R) shakes hands with then US Vice President Joe Biden (L) during their meeting in Moscow. - Russian President Vladimir Putin said on December 23, 2020 he was not expecting relations between Moscow and Washington to change when US president-elect Joe Biden takes office next month. "Now about the change of leadership in the United States and that it will be more difficult for us. I don't think so. It will be business as usual," Putin said during a meeting with lawmakers and government officials. (Photo by ALEXEY DRUZHININ / POOL / AFP)