Putin Speaks Out on Trump's Criticism of Biden Family

He rejects the US president's take on their business dealings
By Evann Gastaldo,  Newser Staff
Posted Oct 26, 2020 3:20 AM CDT
Putin's Latest Comments Not as Friendly Toward Trump
Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures while speaking at the annual meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club via video conference at the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2020.   (Alexei Druzhinin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

In comments Reuters calls "less friendly" toward President Trump and possibly attempting to "curry favor" with Joe Biden, Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday pushed back against Trump's favored line of attack against his opponent. "Yes, in Ukraine he (Hunter Biden) had or maybe still has a business, I don’t know. It doesn’t concern us. It concerns the Americans and the Ukrainians," Putin said in remarks broadcast on Russian TV. "But well yes he had at least one company, which he practically headed up, and judging from everything he made good money. I don’t see anything criminal about this, at least we don’t know anything about this (being criminal)."

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