Biden called him assassin, Putin invites him to public debate

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday he was ready to hold public internet talks with US President Joe Biden on Friday or Monday.

Speaking on state television, Mr. Putin said he was willing to discuss bilateral relations with the United States, as well as other issues such as regional conflicts.

The Russian president said he would order his foreign ministry to prepare the talks. Mr. Putin's statements come a day after President Biden said he thought the Russian leader was a killer, comments coming between the poor relations between Moscow and Washington that have marked a new low level since the Cold War.

Earlier Thursday, Russian President Vladimir Putin said US President Joe Biden's comments reflect on him the problems the United States currently has or have in the past.

This week American President Biden was questioned during an interview if he thought Mr. Putin was a murderer and he replied: “but I think of”.

Asked about Mr. Biden's comment during a teleconfence on the occasion of Russia's anniversary of the Crimea annexation, Mr. Putin said they reflected the troubled history of the United States itself.

The Russian leader cited the launch of an atom bomb by Americans in Hiroshima, Japan, during World War II, as well as the recent history of the killing of Native Americans and slavery, adding that painful heritage burdenes the United States.

Otherwise, the Black Livings Matter (the lives of the relative-American community are important)?

The exchange of strong statements comes after a report declassified by the US National Intelligence Director's office, under which President Putin had authorised influential operations to help Donald Trump re-election president in the November 2020 elections.

“Putin will pay a price for this”, Mr. Biden said during the interview, questioned about the declassified report.

Asked what answer he would give US President Biden about his comments, Mr. Putin said: “Be healthy, I wish it would be good and I'd say it without irony or joke”

Recalling his childhood, Russian President Putin said he and his friends responded to the insults with an expression: “what you say about others is what you yourself are”.

This is not just a child's joke, but there's a profound psychological meaning: We see our traits in another person, we think he is like us, and we judge him in accordance with the” circumstances, he added.

President Putin said American institutions like to press charges against other countries as part of the “resolution of their problems in domestic and foreign policy”.

He said Russia would still co-operate with the United States whenever it supports Moscow's interests, adding that “many honest and good people in the US want to have peace and friendship with Russia”.

“We are aware of this and appreciate it, and we will rely on them in the future”, Mr. Putin said.

President Putin's spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, expressed regret over what he called “serious remarks by US President” making it clear, as he said “ai did not want to normalise relations”.

“We will continue in line with the” circumstances, Mr. Peskov said in a teleconferencing with journalists, claiming that “such a thing had never happened”. He did not answer the question of whether Russia could go far enough to sever diplomatic relations with the United States.

Russia announced Wednesday that it would withdraw its ambassador to Washington for consultations.

The deputy head of the Russian Parliament's upper house, Konstantin Kosachev, said the strange “Declaration of President Biden marks a turning point.

“Such considerations are unacceptable to a state man of his rank”, Mr. Kosachev said. “Such statements are unacceptable under any circumstances. They inevitably lead to a strong deterioration of bilateral ties”.

Mr. Kosachev warned that Russia's response would not be limited to calling Russian Ambassador “if the American side did not offer explanations and apologise” on comments. But he did not discuss what other action the Kremlin could take.

Commenting on Russia's move Wednesday, White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki stressed that: “we will be direct, we will talk openly about areas where we have concerns and, of course, as the President said last night, the Russians will take responsibility for the actions they took”.

Since Moscow's 2014 annexation of the Crime Peninsula a territory of Ukraine, intervention in American elections, cyber attacks and the recent imprisonment of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navally, Russia's relations with the United States and the European Union have plunged at the low levels of the Cold War period. Mr. Navajo's imprisonment occurred shortly after his poisoning, one thing the Russian opposition leader has accused the Kremlin of. Russian authorities have dismissed the charges. VOA