Putin: Trump is a 'flamboyant' person

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Vladimir Putin

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Vladimir Putin gestures as he speaks during a meeting with journalists after a live broadcast nationwide call-in in Moscow, Russia, April 14, 2016.

ST PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) - U.S. Presidential candidate Donald Trump is a flamboyant person, Russia's President Vladimir Putin said on Friday, referring to previous comments he had made.

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"I have said he is flamboyant," Putin told the St Petersburg International Economic Forum. "He is, isn't he? I did not give any other assessment of him."

He also said that based on Trump's remarks, he favors restoring full U.S.-Russia relations.

"What's wrong with that?" Putin asked.

(Reporting by Alexander Winning, Katya Golubkova and Christian Lowe; Writing by Lidia Kelly, editing by Jason Bush)

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