In an interview with TV channel Rossiya 1, President Putin also claims that these crises are connected to people making up ‘tall tales’ to question the legitimacy of President Trump’s 2016 election win, which Putin says was ‘won undoubtedly via democratic means.’

The interview, which is yet to be released in full, is President Putin’s first since the COVID-19 crisis hit Russia and the US, and he says that issues around the latter’s handling of the pandemic ‘shed light on the common problems in the country.’

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