"We do not think and do not believe that the attempt to eliminate presidential candidate Trump was organized by the current government," the Kremlin said.

For years, Russian state media pundits have been claiming that the Democrats would assassinate Donald Trump and even previously proposed that Russia’s Federal Security Service should “start protecting our Donald.

U.S. President Joe Biden condemned the attack, saying there was no place for that kind of violence in America. Peskov said Russia condemned any violence in the course of the political struggle. His comments echoed those of some of Trump's Republican allies, who immediately pinned the blame on Biden.