Russia has not taken any destructive steps against the US, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday, TASS reports.

"Russia has not taken a single destructive step with respect to the US. Not a single one. If you have a different opinion, then substantiate it and furnish some evidence," he said at the plenary session of the Russian Energy Week forum.

The Russian president has dismissed statements on Russia’s potential meddling in the US 2020 election as laughable.

"He [former US Special Counsel Robert Mueller — TASS] did not find any proof of our collusion with Trump in the past, however, he expressed concern that we might collude in the future. This is laughable. It would be funny if it wasn’t so sad," Putin told the plenary session of the Russian Energy Week.

The Russian leader reassured that his conversations with US President Donald Trump could in no way compromise his US colleague’s reputation.

"Listen, I have not been working my entire life in the capacity that I occupy today. And based on my previous experience, I learned that any of my conversations could be published and I take this into consideration," Putin noted.

"So, when they tried to spin another scandal linked to our meeting with President Trump in Helsinki, we said directly to the administration: well, if someone wants to learn something — well then, publish it. We are not against. I assure you that there is nothing there that could compromise Trump," Putin stated.

According to Putin, the Washington administration refused to disclose the conversations between the Russian and US leaders. "They just did not want to do that, as far as I understand, due to their principal considerations. There are things that must be closed, that’s it," the Russian leader said.

President Putin added that Russia will work with any president elected by the US people. "We will work with any partner, any president elected by the American people," the Russian leader said.