Trump was shot in the ear during a Saturday rally
in Pennsylvania, in an attack now being investigated as an assassination
attempt that left the Republican presidential candidate's face streaked with
blood.
"We do not believe that the attempt to eliminate and
assassinate Trump was organized by the current authorities," Kremlin
spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters. "But the atmosphere around
candidate Trump...provoked what America is confronting today.
"After
numerous attempts to remove candidate Trump from the political arena - using
first legal tools, the courts, prosecutors, attempts to politically discredit
and compromise the candidate - it was obvious to all outside observers that his
life was in danger."
US President Joe Biden condemned the attack, saying there
was no place for that kind of violence in America.
Peskov said there were no plans for Putin to call Trump in
light of the incident.
