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Russia tells U.S. envoy that relations are ‘on the verge of rupture’

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Russian President Vladimir Putin attended a concert to mark the 8th anniversary of Russia’s annexe of Crimea, held at Moscow’s Luzhniki Stadium on March 18, 2022. It reads, “For Russia”.

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Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs saidThe U.S. was summoned to the scene. It summoned the U.S. Ambassador John Sullivan to Moscow Monday to protest officially President Joe Biden’s decision last week to label Russian President Vladimir PutinYou are a “war criminal.”

Sullivan was informed by Biden that Sullivan’s accusations had “Russian-American relations at the brink of breaking apart,” according to Sullivan. to a statementTranslated by NBC News from the Foreign Ministry

Biden said March 16 that he believes Russian leader Vladimir Putin “is a war criminal” for his attacks on Ukraine. This was Biden’s first public use of that expression to describe Putin.

Biden made the comment hours after Ukraine President Volodymyr Zilenskyy spoke and was joined by other high-ranking officials met virtually with the International Criminal Court’s top prosecutor, Who opened an investigation on possible Russian war crimes two weeks back.

CNBC reached out to the State Department spokesperson for more information.

Sullivan was a Trump-era appointee who the U.S. president requested to remain on the first Biden term, in 2021.

As Russia approaches the end of its provocation-invasion of Ukraine on February 24, this diplomatic crisis is likely to occur.

Due to fierce Ukrainian resistance, the Russian infantry’s initial advance outside major cities has been largely stopped. The Kremlin was forced to switch tactics from a swift land war to one of war of attrition, which includes the bombardment of residential areas to try to weaken and demoralize the country.

Jen Psaki, White House Press Secretary, later stated that Biden spoke from the heart after seeing the news reports about “barbaric acts by a cruel dictator.”

Psaki said that there was a separate legal proceeding to decide if Putin had violated international laws or committed war crime. She said that the State Department is currently in this process.

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