Putin refuses to officially congratulate Joe Biden for his projected win in the 2020 U.S. Election, despite that several world leaders from France, England, etc. already have, and that he had congratulated Trump within an hour of his victory declaration 4 years prior. This is yet another clear indicator of Russia's bias towards a Trump presidency with the hope of softer anti-Russia rhetoric.
Nikolai Bulayevand other leading members of Russia's election panel are skeptical of this year's American Election's legitimacy, citing concerns regarding mail-in votes such as “people who are long dead are casting ballots and [] mailboxes are being broken into.” Though presented under the guise of non-bias (for example claiming that both candidates will commence lawsuits), these sentiments wholly echo Donald Trump's attempts to delegitimize the election's results in myriad swing states leaning in Biden's favor.
The US Treasury imposed sanctions on Ukrainian politician Andrii Derkach for his involvement in helping Donald Trump find "dirt" on Joe Biden. As the ultimate goal was to implicate Biden in a corruption scandal, the meetings between Derkach and Trump's lawyer Rudy Giuliani were criticized by many as "anti-democratic." Derkach also has strong ties to Russian intelligence, and is often accused of working to undermine the legitimacy of the 2020 US election, usually in favor of Trump.
![Nikolai Bulayevand other leading members of Russia's election panel are skeptical of this year's American Election's legitimacy, citing concerns regarding mail-in votes such as “people who are long dead are casting ballots and [] mailboxes are being broken into.” Though presented under the guise of non-bias (for example claiming that both candidates will commence lawsuits), these sentiments wholly echo Donald Trump's attempts to delegitimize the election's results in myriad swing states leaning in Biden's favor.](https://s3.amazonaws.com/sc-lib-ds-omeka-s/medium/add27c1896a888356451a4d447682489d46722f8.jpg)
