The Kremlin on Monday denied experiences that U.S. president-elect Donald Trump had spoken with Russian President Vladimir Putin in latest days, and mentioned Putin nonetheless had no concrete plans to speak to Trump.
The Washington Submit was the primary to report that the decision had taken place, citing unnamed sources, and mentioned that Trump had informed Putin that he mustn’t escalate the battle in Ukraine.
Reuters additionally reported on the decision, citing an unnamed supply.
“That is utterly false. It’s pure fiction, it’s simply false info,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov informed reporters. “There was no dialog.”
“That is the obvious instance of the standard of data that’s printed now, typically even in fairly respected publications,” Peskov mentioned.
Requested if Putin had plans to determine contacts with Trump, Peskov mentioned: “There aren’t any concrete plans but.”
