On Monday, Kremlin said Russian President Vladimir Putin is waiting for official results from the US presidential election before congratulating a winner.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters: “We consider it correct to wait for the official results to be finalised. I want to remind you that President Putin repeatedly said he will respect the choice of the American people.”
Peskov said that this election was different because of the legal challenges that Trump, who has refused to concede defeat, is planning to mount over the vote.
He said: “The difference is quite obvious… then there were no announcements of legal challenges.”
Many world leaders congratulated President-elect Joe Biden after he took an insurmountable lead over Donald Trump in the vote count.
