Russian president labels allegations of contact with Trump “nonsense”

Vladimir Putin held a press conference with local and foreign journalists as the 16th BRICS summit in the western Russian city of Kazan drew to a close.

NBC’s correspondent sought a comment from the Russian president on allegations of ties with Trump.

In “Wars”, which was published earlier this month in the US, veteran journalist Bob Woodward -citing one of Trump’s former aid- reports that Trump and Putin spoke at least 7 times since the…