Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov revealed that President Vladimir Putin was only joking when he endorsed Kamala Harris in the upcoming election.

Putin said that Moscow would back Harris to win the election in a comment that cited her "expressive and infectious" laugh.

The question of whether Kamala Harris has met with Russian President Vladimir Putin and her sharp criticisms of Donald Trump during the 2024 presidential debate have sparked considerable debate. Both candidates used the moment to highlight their contrasting approaches to Russia,

The Russian leader discussed the 2024 U.S. presidential candidates at an economic forum in the far-eastern city of Vladivostok on Sept. 5.

Russian President Vladimir Putin was joking when he said Moscow was supporting Democratic candidate Kamala Harris in November's U.S. presidential election, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in an interview with Sky News Arabia.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has claimed that Kremlin ruler Vladimir Putin was "joking" when he declared his support for Kamala Harris' candidacy for the US presidential election. Source: Lavrov in an interview with Sky News Arabia,

Russia’s foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, has dismissed President Vladimir Putin’s recent remarks supporting Kamala Harris in America’s presidential race as “a joke.” Putin claimed Harris’s laugh made her preferable to Donald Trump.