Moscow, Russia.
Russia on Monday lamented the negative of the United States to hold a public dialogue between Vladimir Putin and Joe Biden, at the initiative of the Russian president, following their verbal confrontation last week.
“It’s another missed opportunity to break the stalemate in Russian-American relations that is there because of Washington,” the Russian foreign ministry said in a statement.
Vladimir Putin had proposed to his American counterpart a public meeting by videoconference to discuss his many differences.
According to Russian diplomacy, “the US side did not support Putin’s proposal,” which wanted to address “the bilateral problems that have accumulated and the issue of strategic stability.”
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The Russian president launched the idea Thursday an exchange of statements between the two, in which Biden began by calling Putin a “murderer” and Putin replied “it’s who says who is.”
Following Biden’s statements, Moscow called for consultations with its ambassador Anatoly Antonov in Washington. The Kremlin also denounced on Monday the multiplication of sanctions against Russia after Washington adopted new sanctions last week.
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“The determination to sanction our opponents, especially in the United States, continues to grow,” Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov told a news conference.
Since arriving at the White House in January, Biden has shown great firmness toward the Kremlin, in contrast to his predecessor Donald Trump.