Vladimir Putin awaiting official US election results before congratulating winners, says Kremlin

File picture of Russian president Vladimir Putin.

Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin is ready for official outcomes from the US presidential election earlier than congratulating a winner, the Kremlin stated on Monday.

“We take into account it appropriate to attend for the official outcomes to be finalised. I wish to remind you that President Putin repeatedly stated he’ll respect the selection of the American folks,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov informed reporters.

Many world leaders congratulated President-elect Joe Biden after he took an insurmountable lead over Donald Trump within the vote depend.

When Trump gained the 2016 presidential election over Hillary Clinton, Putin congratulated him inside roughly an hour.

Peskov stated that this election was completely different due to the authorized challenges that Trump, who has refused to concede defeat, is planning to mount over the vote. “The distinction is kind of apparent. Then there have been no bulletins of authorized challenges,” Peskov stated.

He added that Moscow was able to work with whoever is said the winner of the US vote. “We hope that with the subsequent president of the US will probably be attainable to re-establish a dialogue and collectively agree on methods to normalise our bilateral relations,” he stated.

Russia was accused of interfering within the 2016 election to assist get Trump elected, within the hope he would take a softer line with Moscow.

Biden is anticipated to take a more durable stand and throughout the marketing campaign slammed Trump for having “embraced so many autocrats all over the world, beginning with Vladimir Putin”.