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Bill O’Reilly’s Putin Comments Lead Kremlin to Call For Apology<\/h1>\n

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Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban give a joint press conference on February 2, 2017 in Budapest. (Photo credit: ALEXEY DRUZHININ\/AFP\/Getty Images)<\/p><\/div>\n

By Karl Nelson
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Fox News host Bill O\u2019Reilly called Russian President Vladimir Putin “a killer” during an interview with President Donald Trump over the weekend, and the Kremlin wants an apology.<\/p>\n

Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters that O’Reilly’s comments during an interview broadcast on Sunday were “unacceptable and offensive,” <\/a>The Associated Press reported<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

During his interview with Trump, O’Reilly asked, “Do you respect Putin?”<\/p>\n

“I do respect him,” Trump replied. “I respect a lot of people, but that doesn’t mean I’m gonna get along with them. He’s a leader of his country. I say it’s better to get along with Russian than not. And if Russia helps us in the fight against ISIS \u2014 which is a major fight, and Islamic terrorism all over the world, major fight \u2014 that’s a good thing. Will I get along with him? I have no idea.”<\/p>\n

“He’s a killer, though,” O’Reilly responded. “Putin’s a killer.”<\/p>\n

“There are a lot of killers,” Trump said “We’ve got a lot of killers. What? Do you think our country’s so innocent?”<\/p>\n

The Kremlin responded on Monday.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe consider such words from the Fox TV company to be unacceptable and insulting, and honestly speaking, we would prefer to get an apology from such a respected TV company,\u201d Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in a statement, <\/a>according to Reuter<\/a>s.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Putin has been accused of being linked to the 2006 poisoning death of ex-KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko as well as political responsibility for the killings of investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya in 2006 and Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov in 2015, the AP reported.<\/p>\n

Trump has said he plans to improve the relationship between the U.S. and Russia as the 45th president of this country, <\/a>according to the Christian Science Monitor<\/a>.
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Watch the Fox News interview here. Comments about Putin begin at the 2:10 mark.<\/p>\n