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'It Takes One To Know One' Putin Says After Biden Agrees That Putin Is 'A Killer'

President Biden answered in the affirmative when an interviewer asked if he thought the Kremlin leader was "a killer." The remark infuriated Putin and led Russia to summon its ambassador home.

MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin has reacted angrily after President Biden agreed in an interview that the Kremlin leader was "a killer." "It takes one to know one," Putin said on national television, adding that the children's taunt had a "very deep meaning." People often see themselves reflected in others, Putin said, suggesting

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