EXCERPT:
SIMMONS: “When President Biden was asked whether he believes you are a killer, he said, 'I do.' Mr President, are you a killer?"
PUTIN: "[laughs] Over my tenure, I’ve gotten used to attacks from all kinds of angles and from all kinds of areas under all kinds of pretext and reasons, and of different caliber and fierceness and none of it surprises me. So, as far as harsh rhetoric, I think that this is an expression of overall U.S. culture. Of course, in Hollywood, there are some underlying deep things in Hollywood. Macho. Which can be treated as cinematic art, but that’s part of U.S. political culture where it’s considered normal. By the way, not here, it is not considered normal here."