Russian Officials Throw a Tantrum After U.S. Diplomat Calls Putin ‘Small Man’

Jan 10 2023 by The Daily Beast

 
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The U.S. ambassador to Hungary is the latest American official to earn the Kremlin’s ire over remarks he made last week publicly deriding Russian President Vladimir Putin as a “small man” and “a holdover from a time that most of the world has tried to move beyond.”

In a speech on Jan. 6 commemorating the 45th Anniversary of the Return of the Hungarian Holy Crown, ambassador David Pressman took the opportunity to slam Russia’s war as the product of “tyranny” and...

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