MOSCOW. US President Joe Biden’s “vulgar” comments on Vladimir Putin will inevitably have a negative impact on relations between the two countries. The vice-president of the Council of the Russian Federation (the upper house of Parliament) Konstantin Kosachev wrote on Facebook. “These observations – the senator underlined – cannot be tolerated under any circumstances and will inevitably increase the tensions between our countries. The recall of the Russian ambassador to the United States for consultations is a quick, adequate and only sensible response in such a situation ». I suspect, Kosachev concludes, “that if the United States fails to provide an explanation and an apology, it will not end there,” the senator stressed.
About the consultations with the Russian ambassador to the US, Anatoly Antonov (recalled to Moscow after Biden’s words) “will take the necessary time”, said the spokesman of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, on the YouTube channel Soloviev Live. “The consultations will take place not only in the foreign ministry, but also in various government agencies,” he specified.