Russian President responds to Biden's description of Trump as "Putin's puppy"
Trump and Putin during a previous meeting.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin considered, today, Wednesday, that the Democratic candidate for the US presidency, Joe Biden, described his rival Donald Trump as a "Putin puppy" in the first presidential debate, as "something that reflects the power and influence of Russia," according to the CNN website. American newsletter.
Putin told reporters, "When someone tries to humiliate or insult the current head of state, in this case, in the context I mentioned, they somehow elevate you, and they talk about our amazing influence and power."
He continued: "This situation is not the business of Russia, and the American presidential candidates can settle it among themselves as they see fit in the context of current events."
Putin added: "With regard to mutual cruelty or direct insults that I just mentioned, what can be said: This is a manifestation of the level of political culture or its absence."
The Russian president emphasized that "the position of the presidential candidates in any country, including in a superpower, such as the United States, is evaluated by the voters of this country, in this case by the citizens of the United States. As for us, we are external observers, and we do not interfere."
According to the Russian agency "Sputnik".
He added, "We will work with any future president of the United States, with the person whom the American people will trust. As for the Democratic Party candidate, we can say: It is unfortunate that we see sharp anti-Russian speech."
Putin praised US President Donald Trump for his work to improve relations between the United States and Russia despite the imposition of sanctions, but he indicated that there are grounds for cooperation also with Joe Biden if he wins the US presidential elections.
"Bloomberg" news agency quoted Putin as saying, in what it described as the most detailed statements so far about the US presidential election campaigns, that Trump "repeatedly spoke in support" of strengthening relations with Russia and "we certainly appreciate that very much."
In a televised interview broadcast on Wednesday, he indicated that the existence of a bipartisan consensus in the United States on the need to contain Russia means that "the intentions that President Trump spoke about earlier were not fully realized."
Putin indicated that although there was "sharp anti-Russian rhetoric" from the Democratic candidate, Biden said he was ready to extend the "New START Treaty", to limit nuclear weapons, or to reach a new agreement to limit strategic weapons.
Putin described this as "a very important component of our potential future cooperation."
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