VLADIMIR Putin has thanked Donald Trump after US spies helped foil a terror attack on New Year party goers in St Petersburg. The Russian strongman leader spoke on the phone to the brash US President today and discussed the planned “acts of terrorism” which were heroically scuppered, the Kremlin said. Authorities in Moscow said the […]
VLADIMIR Putin has thanked Donald Trump after US spies helped foil a terror attack on New Year party goers in St Petersburg.
The Russian strongman leader spoke on the phone to the brash US President today and discussed the planned “acts of terrorism” which were heroically scuppered, the Kremlin said.
Authorities in Moscow said the assault was foiled thanks to information which was passed on from Washington via intelligence services.
According to Tass news agency, two Russian nationals were arrested for plotting an attack on a mass gathering of people in St Petersburg – the country’s second largest city – over the New Year period.
The outlet cited a spokesperson from the FSB, the Russian intelligence agency, formerly the KGB, which Putin used to run.
But this isn’t the first time US spies have prevented a depraved terrorist act on innocent civilians in Russia.
In 2017, Putin thanked Trump for warning about another terror plot which was again targeting St Petersburg.
The pair of world power brokers have often exchanged compliments despite their countries being at odds over topics such as the Syrian civil war.
Earlier this month, Putin blasted Trump’s impeachment as “far-fetched” and says the US Senate will never remove him from office.
The Russian leader said the Democrats vote to impeach the brash Republican was a continuation of their “fight against President Trump.
Opposition Democrats previously investigated the New Yorker’s election campaign over alleged links to Moscow – and came up empty handed.
On December 18, they successfully voted to impeach Trump after he was accused of asking Ukraine to probe Joe Biden – his likely rival in the 2020 election.
At his annual news conference, Putin said that “the party that lost the election is continuing the fight by other means.”
The Russian strongman also said he believed Trump will be acquitted in the Senate – which the Republicans, his own party, control.
He said the impeachment “is yet to pass the Senate where the Republicans have a majority.”
Putin added “they will be unlikely to remove a representative of their own party from office on what seems to me an absolutely far-fetched reason.”
