Russian President Vladimir Putin has retaliated after his US counterpart Joe Biden said in an interview that he considered Putin to be a "killer".
In the interview, when asked whether he thought Mr. Putin was a “killer,” Mr. Biden responde, “Mmm hmm, I do.” He further pledged that Mr. Putin is “going to pay” for Russian interference in the 2020 election, which has been detailed in the US intelligence report this week.
Russian leader, in turn, said it takes one to know one and dryly wished President Biden “good health”.
“When I was a child, when we argued in the courtyard, we said the following: ‘If you call someone names, that’s really your name,’” Mr. Putin said, quoting a Russian schoolyard rhyme. “When we characterize other people, or even when we characterize other states, it is always as though we are looking in the mirror.”
“As he [Biden] said, we know each other personally. What would I reply to him? I would say: I wish you good health. I say that without any irony or a joke,” Putin added.