Putin says Trump is right to sue BBC over speech edit


Russian President Vladimir Putin attends his annual end-of-year press conference and phone-in in Moscow, Russia December 19, 2025. Sputnik/Vyacheslav Prokofyev/Pool via REUTERS

MOSCOW, Dec ‌19 (Reuters) - Russian President ‌Vladimir Putin told his ‌annual end-of-year press conference on Friday that U.S. President ‍Donald Trump was ‍right to ‌sue the BBC over edited ‍clips ​of his speech.

Trump sued ⁠Britain's publicly owned broadcaster for ‌at least $10 billion in damages ⁠over ‍edited clips of a speech that made ‍it appear he directed ‌supporters to storm the U.S. Capitol. The BBC has apologised to Trump and has said it will defend the ‌case.

(Reporting by Guy Faulconbridge, Vladimir Soldatkin and Anton ​Kolodyazhnyy, Writing by Anastasia Teterevleva, Editing by Timothy Heritage)

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