俄罗斯总统弗拉基米尔·普京对总统做出了反应乔·拜登称他为“杀手”，要求拜登参加网上直播的与他的对话。
“我现在才想到这个，”普京告诉俄罗斯国家电视台记者。“我想向拜登总统提议继续我们的讨论，但条件是我们基本上现场进行讨论，这就是所谓的。没有任何延迟，直接进行公开、直接的讨论。在我看来，这对俄罗斯人民和美国人民都很有意思。”
普京的邀请似乎是对拜登进行电视直播辩论的挑战，此前一天的外交骚动始于拜登在接受美国广播公司新闻部(ABC News)记者乔治·斯特凡诺普洛斯(George Stephanopoulos)采访时表示，他认为普京是一个“杀手”。俄罗斯召回其驻美国大使以回应这一言论。
在发出邀请后，普京表示他不想推迟，并提议他和拜登最早在周五举行讨论。
“我不想拖延太久。普京说:“这个周末，我想去台阁放松一下。”。“所以我们可以明天或星期一做。我们随时准备为美国方面提供方便。”
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针对记者的提问，白宫新闻秘书珍·普萨基(Jen Psaki)暗示，讨论不太可能发生，并指出拜登计划于周五前往格鲁吉亚。
“如果这是我们娱乐的话，我会给你回电话的。我会说，总统已经与普京总统进行了交谈，”普萨基说，并指出拜登仍有其他话要与领导人交谈。“当然，总统明天会在格鲁吉亚，而且会很忙，”她说。
拜登在周三播出的美国广播公司采访中的言论引发了俄罗斯政府的愤怒反应，引发了一连串的批评，并采取了非同寻常的措施，召回驻莫斯科大使，就这些言论进行“磋商”。
在采访中，斯特凡诺普洛斯问拜登是否认为普京“是个杀手”
“嗯，是的，”拜登回答道。
在发布讨论挑战之前，普京对拜登早些时候的评论做出了回应:“我知道你是，但我是什么?”
“你知道，我记得，在童年，当我们在院子里互相争吵时，我们会说，‘我知道你是，但我是什么，’”普京说。“这并不意外。不只是幼稚的说法。这里面有很深的含义。”
普京暗示拜登指责他是美国自己的错。他提到了殖民时期对美洲原住民的杀戮以及非洲裔美国人面临的不公正。
这位俄罗斯领导人还表示，他祝愿拜登“身体健康”
“我会对他说:‘好吧。’祝他身体健康。我这样说没有任何讽刺，没有玩笑，”普京说。
但是，尽管普京表现出自己的回应很幽默，但俄罗斯政府的其他成员对拜登表示了极大的愤慨。拜登在接受美国广播公司采访时还警告说，普京将为干预美国选举“付出代价”。
克里姆林宫发言人佩斯科夫星期四对记者说，拜登的话已经向他们证实，拜登对改善与俄罗斯的关系没有兴趣。
“我只想说，美国总统的这些言论非常糟糕。他肯定不想和我们国家关系正常化。我们将在这个前提下采取行动，”佩斯科夫说。
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召回大使的举动在最近的美俄关系中几乎是闻所未闻的。据报道，俄罗斯上一次召回大使进行磋商是在1998年，以抗议时任总统比尔·克林顿下令轰炸伊拉克。
俄罗斯驻华盛顿大使馆表示，大使阿纳托利·安东诺夫将于周六离开。报道称，安东诺夫将在莫斯科与外交部举行会议，讨论如何纠正陷入危机的俄美关系。
俄罗斯外交部发言人玛丽亚·扎哈罗娃(Maria Zakharova)在一份声明中表示，“我们对不允许与美国的关系不可逆转地恶化感兴趣”，“如果美国意识到与之相关的风险。”
对拜登言论的反应突显出俄罗斯和美国之间的紧张关系，这种关系似乎只会在未来几周恶化，因为拜登政府似乎将对俄罗斯的各种指控罪行做出回应。
本周解密的一份美国情报报告发现，普京下令努力影响2020年总统选举，破坏拜登的竞选活动，并寻求推动前总统唐纳德·特朗普的竞选活动。本月，拜登政府下令对俄罗斯官员进行制裁，原因是他们毒害并监禁了俄罗斯反对派领导人Alexey Navalny。
Putin challenges Biden to debate after president calls him a 'killer'
Russian PresidentVladimir Putinhas reacted to PresidentJoe Bidencalling him a "killer" by challenging Biden to take part in a conversation with him broadcast live online.
“I’ve just thought of this now,” Putin told a Russian state television reporter. “I want to propose to President Biden to continue our discussion, but on the condition that we do it basically live, as it’s called. Without any delays and directly in an open, direct discussion. It seems to me that would be interesting for the people of Russia and for the people of the United States.”
Putin’s invitation seemed to amount to a challenge to Biden to a live televised debate, following a day of diplomatic uproar that began when Biden said he thought Putin was a “killer” in an interview with ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos. Russia recalled its ambassador to the United States in response to the remark.
After issuing his invitation, Putin said he didn’t want to delay, proposing he and Biden hold the discussion as early as Friday.
“I don’t want to put this off for long. I want to go the taiga this weekend to relax a little,” Putin said. “So we could do it tomorrow or Monday. We are ready at any time convenient for the American side.”
In response to reporters' questions, White House press secretary Jen Psaki suggested the discussion was unlikely to happen and noted that Biden is scheduled to travel to Georgia on Friday.
"I'll have to get back to you if that is something we're entertaining. I would say that the president already had a conversation with President Putin," Psaki said, noting Biden still had other word leaders to talk with. "The president, of course, will be in Georgia tomorrow and quite busy," she said.
Biden’s remarks in the ABC interview that aired Wednesday has triggered a furious reaction from Russia’s government, which unleashed a barrage of criticism and took the extraordinary step of recalling its ambassador back to Moscow for "consultations" over the comments.
In the interview, Stephanopoulos asked Biden if he thinks Putin “is a killer.”
“Mmm hmm, I do,” Biden responded.
Before issuing the discussion challenge, Putin reacted to Biden’s comment earlier with a playground retort: “I know you are, but what am I.”
“You know, I remember, in childhood, when we were arguing with each other in the courtyard, we would say, ‘I know you are, but what am I,’” Putin said. “And that’s no accident. It’s not just a childish saying. There is a very deep meaning in that.”
Putin suggested Biden was accusing him of what the U.S. itself is guilty of. He referred to the killings of Native Americans people during colonization and the injustice faced by African Americans.
The Russian leader also said he wished Biden "good health."
“I would say to him: 'Be well.' I wish him good health. I say that without any irony, without jokes,” Putin said.
But while Putin has presented himself as responding with good humor, the rest of the Russian government has reacted with a torrent of outrage against Biden, who in the ABC interview also warned Putin would “pay a price” for meddling in American elections.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters Thursday that Biden’s words had confirmed for them that Biden has no interest in improving relations with Russia.
"I'll say only that these remarks by the U.S. president are very bad. He definitely doesn't want to normalize relations with our country. And we'll be acting based precisely on this premise," Peskov said.
The move to recall its ambassador is almost unheard of in recent U.S.-Russian relations. The last time Russia recalled its ambassador for consultations was reportedly in 1998 in protest over the bombing of Iraq ordered by then-President Bill Clinton.
The Russian embassy in Washington D.C. said the ambassador, Anatoly Antonov, would leave Saturday. It said Antonov’s would have a meeting with the foreign ministry in Moscow to “discuss ways to rectify Russia-U.S. ties that are in crisis.”
Maria Zakharova, a spokesperson for Russia’s foreign ministry, said in a statement, “We are interested in not allowing the irreversible degradation” of relations with the U.S. “If the American realize the risks connected with that.”
The reaction to Biden’s comments highlighted the tense relations between Russia and the U.S. that appear likely only to worsen in the coming weeks as the Biden administration looks set to respond over a variety of alleged Russian misdeeds.
A U.S. intelligence report declassified this week found that Putin had ordered efforts to try to influence the 2020 presidential election by undermining Biden’s campaign and seeking to boost that of former President Donald Trump. This month, the Biden administration ordered sanctions on Russian officials for the poisoning and jailing of the Russian opposition leaderAlexey Navalny.
