“We never had a special relationship with Trump,” he said.
St Petersburg:
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that he does not expect major changes in US policy towards Russia if Donald Trump becomes president in November, but does not rule out a change in thinking.
Speaking to media editors at an economic forum in St. Petersburg, Putin said Moscow did not care who won as he accused the Biden administration of making mistake after mistake and “burning down” the US political system and global leadership.
“In principle, we don’t care (who wins),” he said when asked by Reuters whether he believed the outcome of the US election would make a difference for Moscow.
He called incumbent Joe Biden a predictable old-fashioned politician and said Moscow would work with whoever wins and not interfere in domestic US politics.
“We have never had special ties with Mr. Trump, but the fact remains that as president he began to impose huge sanctions on Russia and withdrew from the treaty on intermediate and shorter-range missiles,” Putin said.
“To say – I speak very sincerely – that we believe that there will be a change towards Russia in American policy after the election, I would not say. We don’t think so. We don’t think anything really serious will happen.”
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