The Kremlin has demanded an apology from Fox News over “unacceptable and offensive” comments about Vladimir Putin made by presenter Bill O’Reilly. BBC reports.
In an interview with President Donald Trump Mr O’Reilly described President Putin as “a killer”.
Mr Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that an apology from the “respected television company” should be sent.
Mr Trump was being questioned about his counterpart’s alleged links to the murders of reporters and dissidents.
“He’s a killer though, Putin’s a killer,” Mr O’Reilly commented in the interview.
Mr Trump replied: “There are a lot of killers. We’ve got a lot of killers. What do you think? Our country’s so innocent?”
Mr Trump said he respected President Putin and would prefer to “get along with him”.