2024-09-07 05:47:16
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov again accused Washington of blocking the expression of Russian positions on important issues
Moscow continues to deny any attempts to interfere in the US presidential election. And today, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that people will have to judge for themselves whether President Vladimir Putin really wants Kamala Harris to win the vote for head of state. His comments come after Putin mentioned in an interview yesterday that he prefers Harris to Donald Trump. He cited her “infectious laugh” as a reason why she might be less inclined to impose sanctions on Russia.
He was smiling when he said this, and it was another apparently playful comment he made during the US election campaign, according to Reuters, quoted by BTA.
“When they ask him a question about international affairs, the president comments on them. As for his tone, people abroad who are concerned about it should try to interpret it,” Peskov said when asked if Putin was serious. He added that Putin’s priority is the well-being of Russia and “American affairs cannot be and are not a concern that is at the top of the president’s agenda.”
The Kremlin spokesman accused the United States of exerting unacceptable pressure on Russian media amid accusations by the US Justice Department of a sanctions-busting scheme against Russian broadcaster Dmitry Simes and his wife Anastasia.
“Washington continues to try to put pressure on Russia, on Russian citizens and even on the Russian media, which is engaged in informing both the citizens of the country and the world public opinion about what is happening from our point of view. Washington does not even accept that every person should have the opportunity to receive news from our point of view. This is nothing but clear pressure. We categorically condemn this position as unacceptable,” Peskov stressed.
The US has taken several legal steps against Russia as part of its fight against its alleged efforts to interfere in the 2024 presidential election, including indicting two employees of Russian state media RT and imposing sanctions on RT and its editor-in-chief. Reuters points out.