Kremlin refuses to comment on Biden’s lapses but condemns verbal attacks on Putin

Peskov criticised the mockery of President Biden / Photo: EFE

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov declined to comment on President Joe Biden’s gaffes that have drawn criticism from his party and ridicule from former President Donald Trump, but he condemned the disparaging remarks once morest Russian President Vladimir Putin.

“We have noticed that everyone has noticed this, so there can be no comment on it, it is a slip of the tongue,” he said laconically when asked regarding it at his daily telephone press conference.

He added, however, that Biden’s usual statements regarding his Russian counterpart, with epithets such as “murderer”, “dictator” and other similar ones, are “absolutely unacceptable.”

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“This is behaviour that a head of state cannot allow himself. I am referring to the statements made regarding President Putin,” he added.

At the NATO summit in Washington, Biden called Volodymyr Zelensky “Putin” and Vice President Kamala Harris “Vice President Trump,” prompting several Democratic lawmakers to join those calling on the 81-year-old president to withdraw his candidacy for the election.

Moscow / EFE