(ANSA) - MOSCOW, 05 APR - The US supported the color revolutions in the former Soviet republics and "the coup d'état in Kiev" in 2014, an episode "at the origin of the current crisis".
This was stated by Russian President Vladimir Putin, addressing the American ambassador in Moscow, Lynne Tracy, during the ceremony for the presentation of the credentials of the new ambassadors.
Relations between Russia and the United States are "in deep crisis," Putin added.
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