Russian President Vladimir Putin gives a speech in front of the monument "Fatherland, Valor, Honor" near the headquarters of the Foreign Intelligence Service of the Russian Federation (SVR), in Moscow, Russia June 30, 2022. Sputnik/Aleksey Nikolskyi/Kremlin via REUTERS
Due to Washington’s “unfriendly” acts towards Moscow, Russian President Vladimir Putin will not congratulate his American counterpart Joe Biden on Monday’s Independence Day, according to the Kremlin.
“Congratulations this year can hardly be considered appropriate,” Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told reporters on a conference call. “The United States’ unfriendly policies are the reason.”
