Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin has retaliated against US criticism of his country’s presidential election process, accusing the US of employing its administrative resources to suppress one of its presidential candidates. Putin’s remarks were reportedly directed towards former President Donald Trump, the Republican frontrunner facing numerous legal challenges.
Speaking to journalists in Moscow on Monday following preliminary election results showing his victory with over 87% of the vote, Putin asserted that the “whole world is laughing” at the situation in the US, according to RT.
“We are demonstrating more restraint than their opponents in other countries, but this is not democracy – it’s a catastrophe,” Putin stated, as reported.