Moscow-Washington ties in ‘crisis’: Russia recalls US envoy

Russia summons ambassador for talks in Moscow after President Biden called his counterpart in the Kremlin a ‘killer’.

Russia on Wednesday said it would recall its ambassador to the United States for consultations, the latest sign of growing tensions between Moscow and Washington. The move to bring Anatoly Antonov to Moscow was announced shortly after US President Joe Biden accused his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin of being a “killer”, and warned he would “pay a price” for alleged election meddling. Biden’s comments came as a declassified US intelligence report linked Putin to influence operations aimed at helping Donald Trump in last November’s presidential election.