Being optimistic: Putin hoped bilateral ties could improve after the US elections.
Speaking after a summit of developing economies in India, Putin also said he believed that the hacking allegations were mainly election campaign rhetoric by the White House, and that he hoped bilateral ties could improve after the US elections.
US vice president Joe Biden told NBC News television on Friday that "we are sending a message" to Putin, and that retaliation for Russia's hacking attacks "will be at the time of our choosing, and under the circumstances that will have the greatest impact".
