“I want to assure you: there is no background here - not that we like someone, we don’t like someone - we are just waiting for the end of the internal political confrontation,” RIA Novosti quoted Putin as saying.
He noted that "purely formal things should be done in accordance with established practice and with the legal side of the case."
“There is no ulterior motive here and nothing that would be unusual or could underlie the further destruction of our relationship.
This is a purely formal aspect of the matter, ”Putin said.
Earlier, the press secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov explained why Russian leader Vladimir Putin does not congratulate Joe Biden on his election to the post of head of the United States.