Vladimir Putin ready to find areas of co-operation with Donald Trump
St Petersburg/Moscow — Russian President Vladimir Putin says he’s ready to seek areas of co-operation with US counterpart Donald Trump, calling the furore over election-meddling allegations part of a deep political crisis in Washington. In his first public comments on the outcome of US special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation, Putin welcomed the finding that there was no evidence collusion took place between Trump’s campaign and Russia in the 2016 election. “We said from the very start that this notorious commission of Mr Mueller wouldn’t find anything because we know this better than anyone,” Putin said on Tuesday at the International Arctic Forum in St Petersburg. “It’s utter nonsense aimed solely at a domestic audience and used for internal political struggle in the US.” Trump scored the biggest political victory of his presidency last month when US attorney-general William Barr published a summary of Mueller’s assessment that there was no collusion during the campaign. The...
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