FILE PHOTO: Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a gathering with the winners of the nationwide administration contest “Leaders of Russia” on the Kremlin in Moscow, March 12, 2024. Picture by Sputnik/Sergei Savostyanov/Pool by way of REUTERS
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin mentioned Wednesday that Russian-American relations won’t change no matter whether or not Joe Biden or Donald Trump wins the U.S. presidential election in November.
“We’ll work with any president the American individuals elect,” Putin mentioned in response to questions from worldwide journalists on the sidelines of the Worldwide Financial Discussion board in St. Petersburg.
“I say this fairly sincerely. I’d not say that we consider that something will change in American coverage relating to Russia after the election,” he added. “We don't consider that. We consider that nothing that critical will occur.”
Putin additionally mentioned Trump's conviction for a critical crime in his hush cash trial final week was the results of “using the courtroom system as a part of the interior political wrestle.”
The Russian president confronted questions from senior anchors of worldwide information companies, together with the Related Press, for the primary time since taking workplace for a fifth time period.
Putin makes use of the annual discussion board as a showcase to tout Russia's improvement and search traders. Whereas conferences with journalists have been a part of earlier periods, he has not taken questions from Western journalists on the St. Petersburg occasion since sending troops to Ukraine.
Final yr, journalists from international locations Russia considers unfriendly – together with america, Britain and the European Union – weren’t invited. Western politicians and traders additionally stayed away from the assembly after sweeping sanctions had been imposed on Moscow over Ukraine.
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FILE PHOTO: Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a gathering with the winners of the nationwide administration contest “Leaders of Russia” on the Kremlin in Moscow, March 12, 2024. Picture by Sputnik/Sergei Savostyanov/Pool by way of REUTERS