US election 2020: Vladimir Putin rejects Donald Trump's criticism of Hunter Biden's business

Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that Joe Biden's son, Hunter did ''made very good money in Ukraine'' but Moscow is not aware of anything criminal about hispast business.

Putin's rejection of US PresidentDonald Trump's criticism of the Biden family business comes with almost a week to go for the US election 2020 on November 3.

Trump, who is trailing behind Biden in opinion polls, has used the debates to make accusations thatHunter Biden engaged in unethical practices in Ukraine. No evidence has been verified to support the allegations, and Joe Biden has called them false and discredited.

Putin, who has praised Trump in the past for saying he wanted better ties with Moscow, has said Russia will work with any USleader while noting what he called Joe Biden's "sharp anti-Russian rhetoric".

Putinappeared less friendly towards Trump in remarks broadcast by Russian state TV on Sunday. In what may be seen by some analysts as an attempt to try to curry favour with the Biden camp, he took the time to knock down what he made clear he regarded as false allegations from Trump about the Bidens.

"Yes, in Ukraine he (Hunter Biden) had or maybe still has a business, I don't know. It doesn't concern us. It concerns the Americans and the Ukrainians," saidPutin.

"But well yes he had at least one company, which he practically headed up, and judging from everything he made good money. I don't see anything criminal about this, at least we don't know anything about this (being criminal)."

Putinalso reacted with visible irritation when asked about comments Trump has made concerningPutin's ties to the former mayor of Moscow, and to an alleged payment made to Hunter Biden by the ex-mayor's widow.Putinsaid he knew nothing about the existence of any commercial relationship between Hunter and the woman. Joe Biden says the accusation about his son is not true.

USintelligence agencies concluded that Russia tried to interfere in the 2016 USpresidential election to tilt the contest in Trump's favour, an allegation Moscow has denied.

Russia has also dismissed accusations by USintelligence agencies of trying to interfere with this year's election too.