Putin Defends Trump On “Far-Fetched” Impeachment

The Associated Press reports:

Russian President Vladimir Putin says U.S. President Donald Trump’s impeachment is far-fetched. Putin said Thursday at his annual news conference in Moscow that the move is a continuation of the Democrats’ fight against Trump.

He predicted the impeachment motion will be rejected by the Senate.

Putin said that “the party that lost the election is continuing the fight by other means.” He likened the impeachment to the earlier U.S. probe into Trump’s collusion with Russia, which he downplayed as being groundless.