MOSCOW (AP) — The Kremlin on Thursday denounced U.S. President Joe Biden’s remarks about Russian President Vladimir Putin, warning it would rethink its approach to relations with Washington.
Russia on Wednesday announced it’s recalling its ambassador in Washington for consultations after Biden was asked in an interview whether he thought Russian President Vladimir Putin is a killer and said “I do.”
Putin’s spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, said it was a “very bad statement by the U.S. president” that made it clear that “he doesn’t want to normalize relations.”
“We will proceed accordingly,” Peskov said in a conference call with reporters, noting that “there was nothing like that in history.” He wouldn’t answer if Russia could go as far as to rupture diplomatic ties with the United States.
Konstantin Kosachev, a deputy speaker of the Russian parliament’s upper house, said Biden’s “boorish statement” marks a watershed.
“Such assessments are inadmissible for a statesman of his rank,” Kosachev said. “Such statements are unacceptable under any circumstances. They inevitably lead to a sharp exacerbation of our bilateral ties.”
Kosachev warned that Russia’s response wouldn’t be limited to recalling the Russian ambassador “if the American side fails to offer explanation and excuse.” He wouldn’t elaborate on what other action the Kremlin may take.
While announcing the decision to recall the Russian ambassador in Washington, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova blamed the U.S. for bringing bilateral ties to a “dead end,” adding that “we are interested in preventing their irreversible degradation, if the Americans are aware of the associated risks.”
Commenting on the Russian move Wednesday, White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki emphasized that “we will be direct, we will speak out on areas where we have concerns, and it will certainly be, as the president said last night — certainly, the Russians will be held accountable for the actions that they have taken.”
The exchange of tough statements comes on the heels of a declassified report from the U.S. national intelligence director’s office that finds President Vladimir Putin authorized influence operations to help Donald Trump in last November’s presidential election.
“(Putin) will pay a price,” Biden said in the interview, asked about the declassified report.
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Russia’s relations with the United States and the European Union already have plunged to post-Cold War lows after Moscow’s 2014 annexation of Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula, election meddling, hacking attacks and, most recently, the jailing of Russia’s opposition leader Alexei Navalny that followed his poisoning he blamed on the Kremlin. The Russian authorities rejected the accusations.
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Biden: Putin is a ‘killer’
US President Joe Biden called Russian President Vladimir Putin a “killer” in an interview with ABC News host George Stephanopoulos.
When asked if he considers the Russian leader to be a killer, Biden responded: “I do.”
He added that US intelligence believes Putin is responsible for Russia’s interference in American elections. “The price he’s going to pay, you’ll see shortly.”
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“We had a long talk, he and I, when we — I know him relatively well. And the conversation started off, I said, ‘I know you and you know me. If I establish this occurred, then be prepared.”
Biden also said that he does not believe that Putin has a “soul.”
Biden’s remarks come after the publication of a US intelligence report published last night reinforcing claims that Putin is behind Moscow’s alleged intervention in US elections.
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Yep ,who believes the “intelligence” reports? Are we back to believing Brennan who’s selling a book? Putin believing the U.S. should investigate Hunter Biden is not a crime, nor is it “interference”, or it just is because it was info against our new fascist government and not anti-Trump? They certainly aren’t making waves about China’s interference which as pro-Biden. Russia, thanks to Biden, will soon have the upper hand in selling natural gas to most of Northern Europe. They have as much to fear from China as we do. Not much is there to stop China from stealing Crimea port from Russia, plus China has more influence in Iran than Russia now. Who needs Russian weapons when they can get them cheaper from China? And Russia has as much of a problem with China supplying the world addictive drugs as we do with the cartels bringing them across the southern border.
You should read the story at the link. The intelligence report actually says Russia didn’t accomplish anything.
I wouldn’t believe Brennan if you PAID ME TO.
This old fool will talk us into a nuclear war if they don’t hurry up and drag his lying carcass out of office.
That’s why congress tried to vote to remove the nuclear launch codes from him..
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“Biden Calls Putin A ‘Killer’, Threatens He Will ‘Pay A Price’ For 2020 Election Interference”
All talk, no action.
I believe we will, with the action in the air around and near Syria. Our service men will pay for it. Biden is trying to get us in a World War. Maybe he is the devil incarnate that brings about the apocalypse.
WHEN has biden NOT been all talk, no action.
“U.S. national intelligence director’s office that finds President Vladimir Putin authorized influence operations to help Donald Trump in last November’s presidential election”. Yep, Putin would certainly help Trump, since Trump provided weapons to the Ukraine to fight the Russians. The U.S. National Intelligence Directors office is “Fake News”, but what does one expect from the deep state traitors in Washington DC. Trump is out of the White House and the deep state traitor hacks are still going after him. Joe and Hunter are the ones in bed with Putin!
Joe keeps forgetting both Russia and China have enough on the “Biden” clan to make things difficult for him
More like he doesn’t REMEMBER..
I looked into Biden’s eyes and saw made in China. His soul was ashamed and left him a long time ago. I was around when Biden’s career started. It is sad to think he is now the President. Calling Putin a killer should be enough to have Joe removed from office. If Putin hacked the dominion voting machines, why did Trump lose?
There’s no way Putin wanted Trump the tough negotiator over bought and paid for doormat Hillary. Now like all thug regimes Putin prefers another weak Dem team to Trump. Obama’s toothless VP as POTUS? Putin’s laughing, along with Xi. They know all about Joe’s corruption whereas Trump was untouchable.
Biden’s entire moronic policy is to do the opposite of Trump. Because he IMAGINES that Trump went easy on Putin, he launches into insult. Confused Biden doesn’t remember that it was Obama who wooed Putin sending delivery girl Hillary with a faulty “Reset” button, making concession after concession to the little KGB agent and promising on a hot mic that he would be even ‘MORE FLEXIBLE” after his re-election. Trump like any good businessman smiled at Putin while twisting his arm with sanctions that were more painful than anything spineless Obama did over Crimea’s invasion.
Biden’s toothless attack on Putin is also to distract from his kisses to Xi who owns him.
Didn’t our intel community just release a report last week saying there was NO interference in the 2020 election by Russia, China or anyone else for that matter?
If there was, we should hold another election….a clean one, by the book.
THEY would never ever allow us a clean re-election.. CAUSE THEY KNOW THEY WOULD LOSE hands down.
Nothing like Biden biting one of that hands that feeds him.
Holy retard Bat Man. Biden opened his mouth and nonsense came out.
Biden is a man with no brain and no soul. Biden is a paper Tiger. And Russia and China know he is. The only fools that are fooled are the fools that voted for Biden. They’d believe anything the MSM tells them to believe.
PinnochiJoe China Biden is trying to be a magician. He wants the public to watch one hand giving Putin the finger while the other hand is open receiving money from China.
Senile Joe’s pal Xi of China is the real killer! He allowed the China virus to spread across the world–possibly on purpose! He has 2 million Uighurs in concentration camps and has ordered the destruction of Christian churches. He has violated an international treaty with the UK to subsume Hong Kong. Yet Biden still is acting like China is just a “competitor.” Woke US companies and the NBA are complicit in all of this.
Once again the left tries to shine a light on weak Russia to deflect attention from our real #1 enemy–CHINA!
It all depends on what Jo Behar or Joy Reed has to say on the subject. But who the hell thought to ask such a ridiculous question of a senile old fool? And the only response from Putin must be to question the authority of an illegitimate POTUS. What a laughing stock this administration is, it has to go and go now.
The Dems have never complained about Russian interference in our elections before. It’s only because this time Russia didn’t support American Socialists.
Strange that Biden didn’t challenge Putin to meet him in back of a high school gym. Wouldn’t that be a sight to see?
Putin would wipe the floor with biden… MAYBE Thats why he didn’t suggest it.
So Biteme has managed to piss off the Russians which is not surprising. Now the misadministration has been hung out to dry by the Chinese during the first day of meetings in Alaska. I know autistic 5th graders who have more diplomacy ability than these clowns that Biden has anointed. More of democraps getting ready to have us involved in more physical fighting. (That means wars for all you liberals reading this)
COMMENTWell, it looks like we may go to war with Russia. Thanks Biden. You and your comrades are really out to destroy the US and you may do it sooner than we thought.