Putin says ’Mr Trump should be respected’ by the American people

Russia’s Vladimir Putin has said the US president, Donald Trump, should be respected because he has a democratic mandate. Speaking to an audience of foreign Russia scholars, Putin said an unprecedented anti-Russia campaign was being conducted in the US in which every domestic failure was being blamed on Moscow. But the Russian president said he believed the problems in his country’s relations with Washington could be resolved Subscribe to Guardian Wires ► Support the Guardian ► The Guardian ► Owen Jones talks ► Guardian Football ► Guardian Culture ► Guardian Tech ► Guardian Music ► Guardian Australia ► Guardian Food ►