"I perceive this publication as an element of internal political" squabbles "in the USA, as a link in events related more to US domestic politics than to foreign," RIA Novosti quoted him as saying.

Bolton previously stated that "Putin can play Trump like a violin."

Later, a spokesman for the Russian president Dmitry Peskov commented on this statement.

According to him, Russian leader Vladimir Putin does not believe that US President Donald Trump can be manipulated.

On June 20, Trump stated that Bolton “broke the law” by publishing memoirs that contain “huge amounts of classified information.”