Russian President Vladimir Putin has accused the outgoing US administration of spreading fake allegation to undermine President-elect Donald Trump.
He added that those spreading the fake allegations were “worse than prostitutes”.
Asked about an unsubstantiated dossier outlining unverified claims that Mr Trump engaged in sexual activities with prostitutes at a Moscow hotel, Putin dismissed it as “fake” and “nonsense” and said it was part of efforts by President Barack Obama’s administration to “undermine the legitimacy of the President-elect” despite his “convincing” victory.
Trump earlier rejected the sexual allegations as “fake news” and “phony stuff”.
“People who order such fakes against the US president-elect, fabricate them and use them in political struggle are worse than prostitutes,” Mr Putin said.
“They have no moral restrictions whatsoever, and it highlights a significant degree of degradation of political elites in the West, including in the United States,” he added.
He spoke in Moscow during a news conference following talks with the president of Moldova.
