Russia Election

Prior this month, NBC's Megyn Kelly talked with Russian president Vladmir Putin about the condition of relations between his nation and the US.

On Saturday (March 10), the Kremlin distributed an official transcript of the meeting. It was a warmed dialog, amid which Putin reacted to Kelly's inquiries concerning Robert Mueller's prosecution of 13 Russian nationals for meddling in the 2016 US presidential race. "I couldn't care less," Putin said. "I couldn't care less at all since they don't speak to the legislature."

Whenever squeezed, Putin said that any Russian residents who may have intruded in a US race isn't damaging their nation's laws. In addition, he proceeded:

Possibly they are not by any means Russians, however Ukrainians, Tatars, or Jews, yet with Russian citizenship, which ought to likewise be checked. Perhaps they have double citizenship or a green card; possibly, the US paid them for this. How might you realize that? I don't know either.

Putin needs to date denied that Russia had any effect on the US decision. Later in the meeting, he said that the Russian government does "not have such an objective, to meddle." Instead, he said the bedlam made by the result of the 2016 decision was "your political framework, the inner battle, [and] the confusion and division."

At the point when gotten some information about Donald Trump's administration in the US, Putin held back before by and large acclaim. "He does his best to keep the decision guarantees that he made to the American individuals," Putin said. "I feel that, truth be told, this is the main legitimate approach to indicate regard for the general population who voted in favor of him."

All things considered, Putin feels that Russia is a casualty in its strained association with the US. " You settled on a choice, at the level of parliament, at the level of Congress and put Russia on your rundown of adversaries… The U.S. forced endorses on us," he said. "I trust that the present president needs to [work things out], however there are powers that won't let him do it."