US Ambassador John Sullivan was summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation. He was handed a note of protest because of the words of U.S. President Joe Biden to Vladimir Putin, reports RBC.
"On March 21, U.S. Ambassador J. Sullivan, summoned to the Russian Foreign Ministry, was demarche and handed a note of protest in connection with the recent unacceptable statements of White House head J. Biden to the Russian president. It was emphasized that such statements of the American president, which are unworthy of a statesman of such a high rank, put Russian-American relations on the verge of rupture.
The ambassador was allegedly "warned" that "hostile actions" being taken against Russia, according to Russia, will be "firmly and resolutely rebuffed".
It also reported that the ambassador was given the issue of ensuring "normal conditions of work" for Russian diplomatic missions in the United States, "including guarantees of their uninterrupted operation.
Recall that on March 16, Joe Biden called the Russian president a "war criminal" because of the war against Ukraine, and on March 17 - "a deadly dictator and bandit." Russia's actions in Ukraine are "inhumane," the U.S. president said.
