MOSCOW, April 5. /TASS/. Russian Presidential Spokesman Dmitry Peskov has refrained from comment on the situation with the arrest of former U.S. President Donald Trump. He explained that Moscow did not consider it permissible to interfere in US affairs and expected the same from its counterpart.

"We do not consider ourselves entitled to interfere in any way in the internal affairs of the United States. We believe that the United States is not entitled to interfering in our affairs, either. Therefore, we would not like to comment on this," Peskov said in response to a question about whether the Kremlin had its own opinion on the situation.

On Tuesday, Trump was charged with 34 felony counts of falsifying business records of Trump Organization to bury allegations of extramarital affairs with porn actress Stormy Daniels that arose during his first White House campaign in 2016. The falsification of financial statements as such does not carry a prison sentence, but it becomes an aggravating circumstance, if the forgery is committed to cover up another crime. According to the prosecution, Trump tried to cover up certain offenses committed during the 2016 campaign. This is the first case ever of criminal charges brought against a former US president.

Trump was arrested for about two hours under US procedural law. After his release he flew from New York to Florida.