Journalists asked Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov to comment on the statements of the candidate for the presidency of the USA Donald Trump that he had threatened Russian President Vladimir Putin to hit Moscow if Russia moved against Ukraine, reports the BBC
"We still prefer to declare a very responsible position regarding the non-disclosure of the content of the talks that are held at the highest level," Peskov replied, quoted by Interfax.
"A number of world leaders do not adhere to this position and do not observe such informational "hygiene" in this case," the Kremlin representative continued. "Of course, now there are very heated and very emotional statements in the United States as part of the election campaign,", Peskov added.
On Monday, the Russian media drew attention to the Wall Street Journal article published on October 18. Trump spoke to journalists of the publication and, among other things, claimed that he threatened Putin to hit Moscow.
"I said to Putin: "Vladimir, we have excellent relations. I got on well with him, he has a different character, I'll tell you, very different from others, I knew him very well. I said: "Vladimir, if you go to Ukraine, I will hit you so hard you won't even believe it,'' the publication quoted Trump as saying.
"I'm going to hit right in the center of fucking Moscow. I said, "We're friends, I don't want to do this, but I have no choice." He replied: "You are welcome".