Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov on Friday (September 6), asked if President Vladimir Putin’s stated support for U.S. presidential candidate Kamala Harris was serious or a joke, said people would have to figure it out for themselves. Putin told an interviewer on Thursday that he preferred Harris over Donald Trump, citing her “infectious” laugh as a reason why she might be less inclined to penalize Russia with sanctions. He was smiling as he delivered the remark – one of several apparently teasing comments he has made in the course of the U.S. campaign.
