Russian President Vladimir Putin has appeared on national TV in Russia and given a glowing endorsement for Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden's election campaign.

Putin praised former Vice President Biden during a new wide-ranging interview with the Rossiya TV channel that aired this week.

While discussing the upcoming U.S. election in November, Putin attempted to mark a positive resemblance between Biden and the Democrats and Soviet communists.

Why would Russia be sabotaging the candidate they want to win?