The Russian president Vladimir Putin He said on Wednesday that Russia did not care who would be the next president of Russia. USAsince this would probably not change anything for Moscow, but warned that the American judicial system is clearly being used in a political battle against donald trump.
The large-scale invasion of Ukraine by Vladimir Putin in 2022, which he sees as a defensive move against an expanding US-led NATO, has seen the relationship between Moscow and Washington deteriorate to its worst since the 1962 Cuban missile crisis.
Speaking to media editors at an economic forum in St. Petersburg, Putin assured that Moscow does not care who won, while accusing the Government of Joe Biden of making mistake after mistake and “setting fire” to the United States’ political system and global leadership.
“Basically, we don’t care (who wins),” he said when asked if he thought the outcome of the US election would make a difference for Moscow.
“We don’t think the final outcome matters much. We will work with whatever president the American people elect,” he added.
Rating the current president Joe Biden A predictable old-school politician, he asserted that Moscow would work with whoever wins and will not meddle in American domestic politics, something he has been repeatedly accused of doing in the past by American intelligence services.
The previous presidency of donald trump It damaged relations between the United States and Russia, he noted, and it is difficult to say whether it would be different this time if he won the November vote.
“We have never had any special ties with Mr. Trump, but the fact is that as president he began to impose massive sanctions on Russia, he withdrew from the treaty on intermediate and shorter range missiles,” he declared. Vladimir Putin.
The Russian leader admitted that, however, it was clear that the US judicial system had been exploited by Trump’s political rivals to try to damage his electoral chances, a strategy that, according to Putindidn’t seem to be working.
“They are burning from within, their State, their political system (…). It is obvious throughout the world that the persecution of Trump, especially in the courts for charges based on events that occurred years ago, without direct evidence “is simply using the judicial system in an internal political struggle,” he said. Vladimir Putin.
