VLADIVOSTOK, Russia (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin asserted Tuesday that the criminal cases against former U.S. President Donald Trump are political revenge that show the fundamental corruption of the United States.
“Everything that is happening with Trump is the persecution of a political rival for political reasons.
And this is being done in front of the public of the United States and the whole world," he said.
This is good,” Putin said.
However, the Russian leader said his country's poor relations with the United States were unlikely to change significantly regardless of who becomes president.
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