MOSCOW, March 26. /TASS/: US President Joe Biden’s personal insults to Russian President Vladimir Putin narrow the window of opportunity for improving relations between Moscow and Washington, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told TASS on Saturday.
"Still, a state leader should keep their temper," Peskov said commenting on another of the US president’s remarks.
"And, of course, each time such personal insults narrow the window of opportunity for our bilateral relations under the current [US] Administration. It is necessary to be aware of this," Peskov stressed.
Peskov is surprised that accusations against Putin are voiced by Biden, who called for bombing Yugoslavia.
"After all, he is the man who once demanded, speaking on TV in his country, that Yugoslavia be bombed. Exactly, bombardments of Yugoslavia. He demanded to kill people," Peskov told TASS.
"Therefore, of course, it is at least weird to hear such a thing from him," he stressed.
On Saturday, Biden visited a center for Ukrainian refugees at a stadium in Warsaw. The White House said that Biden had talked to the refugees and volunteers. When asked by a reporter what he thinks of Putin and of what is happening in Ukraine, Biden responded: "He’s a butcher."
On March 21, US Ambassador to Russia John Sullivan was summoned to the Russian Foreign Ministry, which issued a demarche and handed him a note of protest in connection with Biden’s recent unacceptable remarks regarding the Russian president. On March 17, Biden dropped more unfriendly remarks in relation to his Russian counterpart, calling him a "murderous dictator, a pure thug who is waging an immoral war against the people of Ukraine." A day earlier, when asked by a reporter, the US president said he considered Putin a "war criminal." Peskov told TASS then that these remarks were unacceptable and unforgivable rhetoric.
