The US State Department has denied that Washington is to blame for a recent deterioration in relations with Moscow, despite President Joe Biden triggering a new diplomatic row by suggesting his Russian counterpart is a “killer.”
On Thursday, Russia’s Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, told reporters that the state of ties between the two countries had “hit the bottom,” and that there are currently no fixed plans to send Moscow’s ambassador back to Washington. Anatoly Antonov had been recalled amid a growing diplomatic spat, after Biden was asked by a TV presenter whether he thought Russian President Vladimir Putin was “a killer.” “Mmm-hmm, I do,” Biden assented.
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