WATCH: Putin Bursts Out Laughing When Asked If Deaths Of Russian Critics Are ‘A Coincidence’

Russian President Vladimir Putin was confronted by an NBC News journalist during a recent interview ahead of his meeting with President Joe Biden over whether he was behind numerous killings of critics of the Russian government.

“Let me give you some names,” NBC News reporter Keir Simmons said. “Anna Politkovskaya, shot dead. Alexander Litvinenko, poisoned by polonium. Sergei Magnitsky, allegedly beaten and died in prison. Boris Nemtsov, shot moments from the Kremlin, moments from here. Mikhail Lesin— died of— blunt trauma in Washington, D.C.”