Putin calls Trump charges "persecution of a political rival for political reasons."

Shows how much Putin wants America to be his puppet. The first thing Trump would do is withdraw all aid to Ukraine and lift all sanctions against Russia.

“As for the prosecution of Trump, for us what is happening in today’s conditions, in my opinion, is good because it shows the rottenness of the American political system, which cannot pretend to teach others democracy,” Putin said at an Eastern Economic Forum gathering in Russia’s Pacific Coast city of Vladivostok.

“Everything that is happening with Trump is the persecution of a political rival for political reasons. That’s what it is. And this is being done in front of the public of the United States and the whole world,” he said.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/putin-says-prosecution-of-trump-shows-rottenness-u-s-political-system