MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin shot back after US President Joe Biden described him as a "killer", saying that "it takes one to know one". "We always see

in another person our own qualities and think that he is the same as us," Putin said in televised remarks. He also pointed at America's past history of slaughtering Native

Americans and slavery, arguing that the painful legacy has weighed on the United States. "Otherwise where would the Black Lives Matter movement come from," he said. He added that

Moscow would not sever ties with Washington but would work with the United States on terms "beneficial" to Russia. Asked about Biden's remarks during a video call with

do." Following the remark, Russia on Wednesday announced it is recalling its ambassador in Washington for consultations. Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov deplored what he called

"very bad remarks by the US president" that made it clear that "he doesn't want to normalize relations." "We will proceed accordingly," Peskov said in a

conference call with reporters, noting that "there was nothing like that in history." He wouldn't answer if Russia could go as far as to rupture diplomatic ties with the

United States. Konstantin Kosachev, a deputy speaker of the Russian parliament's upper house, said Biden's "boorish statement" marks a watershed. "Such assessments

are inadmissible for a statesman of his rank," Kosachev said. "Such statements are unacceptable under any circumstances. They inevitably lead to a sharp exacerbation of our

bilateral ties." Kosachev warned that Russia's response wouldn't be limited to recalling the Russian ambassador "if the American side fails to offer explanation and

excuse." He wouldn't elaborate on what other action the Kremlin may take. While announcing the decision to recall the Russian ambassador in Washington, Russian Foreign Ministry

spokeswoman Maria Zakharova blamed the US for bringing bilateral ties to a "dead end," adding that "we are interested in preventing their irreversible degradation, if the

Americans are aware of the associated risks." Commenting on the Russian move Wednesday, White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki emphasized that "we will be direct, we will speak out on

areas where we have concerns, and it will certainly be, as the president said last night _ certainly, the Russians will be held accountable for the actions that they have taken." The

exchange of tough statements comes on the heels of a declassified report from the US national intelligence director's office that finds President Vladimir Putin authorized influence

operations to help Donald Trump in last November's presidential election. "(Putin) will pay a price," Biden said in the interview, asked about the declassified report.

Russia's relations with the United States and the European Union already have plunged to post-Cold War lows after Moscow's 2014 annexation of Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula,

election meddling, hacking attacks and, most recently, the jailing of Russia's opposition leader Alexei Navalny that followed his poisoning he blamed on the Kremlin. The Russian

authorities rejected the accusations.