During the briefing, a Kremlin spokesman was asked whether the Russian president and his administration considered the turnover of power useful or harmful to the state.
“This is a rhetorical question and the position of the Kremlin is not at all important here.
We have a Constitution, where all electoral processes are spelled out.
This is a question of elections and a question of popular vote - election of the head of state, election of parliament.
And then it’s a matter of expression of will, ”Interfax quoted Peskov as saying.
Swedish Foreign Minister Ann Linde said earlier that Stockholm is concerned about the state of democracy in Russia ahead of the parliamentary elections in September.
Voting in the Duma elections will take place over three days - from 17 to 19 September.