Putin describes attack on US Capitol by Trump fans as a 'stroll'

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday described the January insurrection at the US Capitol by supporters of former President Donald Trump as a “stroll". Putin at the same time stressed that Russia is interested in stability in the United States. “Some of the people who took a stroll to the U.S. Congress — 150 people were arrested, they face imprisonment from 15 to 25 years. Will all these internal controversies end there or not? We do not know, but we want it to end, because we are interested in stable relations with all our main partners,” Putin said.

More than 300 Trump supporters have been charged with a range of crimes stemming from the siege, which resulted in the deaths of five people, including a police officer.