Russian President Vladimir Putin addressed the newly appointed ambassadors to Russia, together with U.S. Ambassador Tracy, on the Kremlin in Moscow on the fifth.
In it, President Putin mentioned, “The situation surrounding the world is not easy and there are many contradictions,” after which to the US Ambassador Tracy, “Russia-US relations are facing a serious crisis. The U.S. support for a coup d’état in Ukraine in 2014 led to the current Ukrainian crisis,” he strongly criticized the U.S.
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