The Russian leader said at his annual news conference in Moscow that the move is a continuation of the Democrats' fight against Trump.
Russian President Vladimir Putin called the US impeachment process "far-fetched" on Thursday, making a seemingly obvious prediction that Donald Trump will be acquitted in the Senate.
Putin likened Trump's impeachment to the earlier US probe into collusion with Russia, which Putin downplayed as being groundless.Putin noted that the impeachment motion "is yet to pass the Senate where the Republicans have a majority." He added that "they will be unlikely to remove a representative of their own party from office on what seems to me an absolutely far-fetched reason.
The House then approved a second charge, that he obstructed Congress in its investigation. The articles of impeachment, the political equivalent of an indictment, now go to the Senate for trial.
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