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U.S.-Moscow ties close to rupture after Biden's 'war criminal' remarks, Russia says

FILE PHOTO: U.S. ambassador to Russia John Sullivan speaks with journalists in Moscow, Russia January 30, 2020. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina/File Photo

Russia's foreign ministry said on Monday it had summoned U.S. Ambassador John Sullivan to tell him that President Joe Biden's calling Russian President Vladimir Putin a "war criminal" had pushed bilateral ties to the brink of collapse.

Biden said last week that Putin was a "war criminal" for sending tens of thousands of troops to invade Ukraine and targeting civilians.

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