"Moscow is deeply concerned by an escalation of tensions on the Korean peninsula related to an exchange of rather rude statements replete with threats," President Vladimir Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters.
"Moscow still calls on all interested parties to display restraint so as not to provoke this escalation even further," Peskov said, reiterating Russia's position that the problem surrounding the North's nuclear programme should be settled through negotiations only.
Yesterday Washington ramped up sanctions aimed at curtailing North Korea's nuclear weapons drive.
The move was the latest effort to tighten the screws on Pyongyang over its banned weapons programmes, following it sixth nuclear test -- the largest yet -- and the firing of two missiles over Japan in recent weeks.
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In a rare personal attack published hours after Washington announced the tougher sanctions, Kim said Trump was "mentally deranged" and will "pay dearly" for his threat to destroy his country.
Washington has refused to negotiate with Pyongyang, despite appeals to do so from China and Russia, who are both uneasy over Trump's bellicose tone.
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