The Kremlin denounces an address by US President Joe Biden in which he compared Russia to the Hamas terror group and called Vladimir Putin a “tyrant.”
“We do not accept such a tone in relation to the Russian Federation, in relation to our president,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov tells reporters.
Biden, in an address to the US from the Oval Office yesterday, said the United States had to stand behind Israel and Ukraine in the face of Russia and Hamas, who are trying to “completely annihilate a neighboring democracy.”
He added: “We cannot and will not let terrorists like Hamas and tyrants like Putin win. I refuse to let that happen.”
In a call with reporters, Peskov says such “rhetoric is hardly suitable for responsible leaders of states, and it can hardly be acceptable to us.”
US efforts to “contain” Russia would prove ineffective, he adds.
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