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		</div><p>Vladimir Putin has praised Donald Trump for &#8220;keenly&#8221; gauging public sentiment in order to win the US election, and denied White House claims that Russia had meddled with the vote.</p>
<p>Speaking during a marathon end-of-year news conference, Russian president Mr Putin said he sees &#8220;nothing unusual&#8221; in Mr Trump&#8217;s pledge to strengthen the US nuclear forces, saying the statement was in line with the president-elect&#8217;s campaign promises.</p>
<p>In his wide-ranging remarks, the Russian leader claimed that his country&#8217;s military is stronger than any potential aggressor, but acknowledged that the US military is bigger. He also cast the modernisation of Russia&#8217;s nuclear arsenal as a necessary response to the US missile defence system.</p>
<p><i>&#8220;It&#8217;s not us who have been speeding up the arms race,&#8221;</i> Mr Putin said, claiming that the Russian military&#8217;s nuclear missiles can penetrate any missile defense.</p>
<p>During the US election, Mr Putin described President Barack Obama&#8217;s accusations of Russian hacking into Democratic leaders&#8217; emails as an attempt to shift the blame for Hillary Clinton&#8217;s defeat.</p>
<p>Asked how he responded to Mr Obama&#8217;s accusations when he brought them up in their conversation, Mr Putin said he would not divulge details of a confidential discussion.</p>
<p>He shrugged off Washington&#8217;s claims of the hackers&#8217; Russian affiliation, saying they could be based elsewhere.</p>
<p><i>&#8220;The most important thing is the substance of the information the hackers have uncovered,&#8221;</i> Mr Putin said, adding that the Democrats should have apologised to Americans over the &#8220;manipulations&#8221; the emails revealed.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">President-elect Donald Trump praises letter from Russian President Vladimir Putin: ";His thoughts are so correct."; <a href="https://t.co/vU1LZoZXyv">https://t.co/vU1LZoZXyv</a> <a href="https://t.co/Mh6t27mcfJ">pic.twitter.com/Mh6t27mcfJ</a></p>
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<p>In response to Mr Obama&#8217;s comment that <i>&#8220;Ronald Reagan would roll over in his grave&#8221;</i> upon seeing recent poll results showing that more than one-third of Republicans view Mr Putin favourably, the Russian president said Mr Reagan would be happy to see his party win.</p>
<p><i>&#8220;It shows that a significant part of the American people have a similar view about the situation in the world and what we need to do &#8211; what the common dangers and problems are,&#8221;</i> he said.</p>
<p>The two countries&#8217; relations have plummeted to their lowest level since the Cold War. Mr Putin said he agrees with Donald Trump&#8217;s assessment of poor US-Russian relations, adding that they &#8220;can&#8217;t be worse&#8221;.</p>
<p>Noting this week&#8217;s attack in Berlin, Mr Putin called for better co-operation in fighting terrorism, saying such efforts between Russia and the West have been effectively paralysed by Western sanctions against Russia.</p>
<p>Mr Putin expressed hope that he would meet Mr Trump soon to discuss how to improve the two countries&#8217; relations &#8211; and would &#8220;definitely&#8221; visit the United States if he is invited by the president-elect.</p>
<p>The Russian leader added with a smile that &#8220;no-one but us expected him to win&#8221;.</p>
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