The President of Russia, Vladimir Putin, on Thursday, expressed his support for Kamala Harris in the upcoming US presidential election.
This comes after Putin last year said the US political system was “rotten” and that Washington could not lecture other countries about democracy.
However, while speaking during a question and answer session at Russia’s Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok, Putin said, “Firstly, (US President Joe) Biden recommended all his supporters support Mrs Harris.
“Here, we are going to do that too, we’re going to support her.
“She laughs so contagiously that it shows that everything is fine with her.
“(Former US President Donald) Trump has imposed as many sanctions on Russia as any president has ever imposed before, and if Harris is doing well, perhaps she will refrain from such actions.”
In February, Putin backed Biden over Trump, calling the current president more “predictable”.
The White House called on Putin to “stay out” of US elections.
Putin’s comments comes a day after the United States indicted two employees of the state-run Russian news network RT and slapped sanctions on its top editors. Washington accused them of trying to influence the upcoming US ballot.
