Putin made these comments during a press conference shortly after preliminary election results showed him winning with 87% of the vote.

He said, "The whole world is laughing at what’s happening in America. We are behaving better than America’s detractors in other countries. But what’s happening there is not democracy, it’s a disaster."

RT reported that the candidate President Putin was referring to as being obstructed by the United States is Donald Trump, who has been facing legal challenges, despite having been endorsed by his party, the Republicans, as their candidate for the elections in November this year.

Putin emphasized that it’s clear to the entire world that America can no longer claim to be a teacher of democracy.

However, he reaffirmed that Russia does not interfere in foreign elections and is ready to work with whoever the American people choose as their president in the upcoming elections.