Trump or Biden? Vladimir Putin reveals his pick for US president | SBS News

Russian President Vladimir Putin revealed in an interview broadcast on Wednesday which US presidential candidate he thinks would be better for Russia.

Putin was asked by interviewer Pavel Zarubin who was "better for us" out of Biden, a Democrat, and Trump, a Republican.

Putin replied without hesitation: "Biden. He is a more experienced, predictable person, a politician of the old school."

It was the first time Putin has publicly commented on the 2024 US election race, in which Biden and Trump are expected to face each other for the second time.

At a time of high political uncertainty in the US, and with relations between the two countries at their lowest point for more than 60 years, his comments may be more likely to be perceived as mischief-making than taken at face value.

Biden has led the Western response to Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine, including the expansion of the NATO alliance, the imposition of successive waves of sanctions on Russia and the provision of billions of dollars' worth of aid and weapons to Ukraine.

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