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on september 5th local time, russian president vladimir putin jokingly said at the plenary session of the eastern economic forum that russia will support democratic candidate kamala harris in the us presidential election in accordance with the recommendation of the current us president biden.

in response, us republican presidential candidate trump said on the same day that he was not sure whether he was "insulted or he helped me."

according to russia today (rt), on september 5 local time, at an event at the new york economic club, trump said, “he (putin) supports kamala, and i don’t know if i should call him and say ‘thank you very much’… i don’t know what to say. i don’t know if i was insulted or if he helped me.”

in response to putin's statement, john kirby, spokesman for the white house national security council, said that the russian president should avoid discussing the us presidential election.

on september 5, local time, putin stated at the plenary session of the eastern economic forum that russia has no say in the popular candidates for the next us president. it depends on the choice of the american people, and russia respects it.

he then laughed and said: "i said that we support the current president biden. he has now withdrawn from the election, but he called on all supporters to continue to support harris, so we will do so and we will support her (harris)."

putin added that harris's laugh was "so expressive and contagious" that she performed well.

he pointed out that trump imposed a large number of restrictions and sanctions on russia during his tenure, "more than any previous us president." if harris is qualified to serve as us president, perhaps she will give up imposing further sanctions on russia.

putin stressed that ultimately, the choice lies with the american people and russia respects the choice of the american people.

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