March 21 (Reuters) - Russia's foreign ministry said on Monday it had summoned U.S. Ambassador John Sullivan to tell him that President Joe Biden's calling Russian President Vladimir Putin a 'war criminal' had pushed bilateral ties to the brink of collapse.
March 21 - Russia's foreign ministry said on Monday it had summoned U.S. Ambassador John Sullivan to tell him that President Joe Biden's calling Russian President Vladimir Putin a"war criminal" had pushed bilateral ties to the brink of collapse.
“Such statements from the American president, unworthy of a statesman of such high rank, put Russian-American relations on the verge of rupture,” the ministry said in a statement.The ministry also told Sullivan that hostile actions against Russia would receive a “decisive and firm response”.
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