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WASHINGTON (CNN) — Russian President Vladimir Putin in a recent interview separated a conciliatory attitude toward US President Donald Trump from his staunch criticism of the US political system, which he said is unwieldy and self-defeating. Biden Stumps For Democrat Conor Lamb: ‘He Reminds Me Of My Son Beau’ “I’m disappointed not at all in the partner, but more disappointed in the system itself,” Putin said. “There can’t be disappointment here, because it demonstrates sheer inefficiency and eats itself. And it’s quite difficult to interact with such a system, because it is unpredictable.”

All just part of their secret, choreographed charade, we're sure Putin: You know, Mother Russia doesn't trust America so much now that Trump is in charge If you’re deeply invested in the thin narrative that Trump and Putin have been in cahoots all along, then there’s only one way to take this: Boy, they’re really laying it on thick! A lot of Trump voters wanted a disrupter of the status quo, someone who wasn’t afraid to upset the way things had normally been done and upset the protectors of the norm along the way. Don’t think for a moment that...

Vladimir Putin has described US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump as an "unquestionably talented" man. "He is a very outstanding man, unquestionably talented," the Russian President told reporters after his annual news conference on Thursday. "It's not up to us to judge his virtue, that is up to US voters, but he is the absolute leader of the presidential race," he added. Mr Putin also described the property billionaire as a "very flamboyant man".