The Kremlin denied on Monday that the Russian leader, Vladimir Putinand the President-elect of the United States, Donald Trumphad a telephone conversation after the victory of the second in the presidential elections of November 5.
“This news is a pure invention. It is false information,” said Dmitry Peskov, the president’s spokesperson, during his daily telephone press conference, referring to the information broadcast by Washington Post.
At the insistence of journalists, Peskov stressed that “such a conversation did not take place”. “This is the best example of the quality of information that is now sometimes published by even quite respectable media outlets. This has nothing to do with reality,” he said in statements reported by Efe.
The Kremlin website states that the last telephone conversation between the two leaders took place in July 2020, before Trump left the White House.
According to the alleged exclusive, Trump and Putin spoke on November 7, hours before the Kremlin leader spoke at the Valdai Debate Club, during which he congratulated the Republican candidate on his victory.
During the conversation, Trump reportedly recommended Putin not to escalate the war in Ukraineafter which he reminded him of the considerable military presence that the United States has in Europe
In addition, he expressed his willingness to hold new talks to address “the resolution of the war in Ukraine soon.”
During the election campaign, Trump claimed he could reach an agreement within 24 hours to end the war in Ukraine, which the Kremlin considered an “exaggeration.”
Since his victory in Tuesday’s election, the Republican has had dozens of phone conversations with world leaders, including one with Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky.
Trump is conducting these phone conversations from his Florida mansion without State Department involvement because the Republican leader’s team is wary of career officials.
In addition to congratulating Trump at the Valdai Debate Club, Putin called him “brave” for behaving “like a man” in the face of an assassination attempt on him at a campaign rally last July and showed himself “willing” to maintain contacts with the future. American President.
“What he has said publicly so far (…)what was said about his desire to restore relations with Russia, to help put an end to the Ukrainian crisis, deserves at least some attention”said the Russian president.
