When Joe Biden was still the Democrat nominee, Vladimir Putin said he preferred him to Donald Trump as he was a more predictable 'old school' politician and was better for Russia.
Vladimir Putin has made a surprising endorsement for who he wants to win the 2024 US election. The Russian president has long been considered friendlier with this year's Republican nominee Donald Trump, with the former president calling Mr Putin a 'genius' early in 2022. But speaking at the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok, he said Kamala Harris was Russia's preferred choice for the next US president.
' When Mr Biden was still the Democratic nominee, Mr Putin also said he preferred him to Mr Trump as the current president was a more predictable 'old school' politician and was better for Russia. Mr Putin did say last year that the former president was being 'persecuted for political reasons' and claimed the US political system was 'rotten'.
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