Putin Calls Trump Charges Persecution That Lays Bare ‘Rot’ in US
Vladimir Putin speaks during the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok, Russia, on Sept. 12.
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President Vladimir Putin called the legal cases facing former US President Donald Trump “political persecution” that inadvertently benefits Russia by revealing the true face of its adversaries.
“In that sense, if they try to compete with us in some way, it’s good because it shows who is competing against us,” Putin said at the keynote session of his annual economic forum in the Pacific Russian port city of Vladivostok on Tuesday.