MOSCOW, April 12. /TASS/. The Kremlin is familiar with the statement of former US President Donald Trump on Russian leader Vladimir Putin, Russian presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Wednesday.

"We have familiarized ourselves with it [Trump’s assessment]," the Kremlin spokesman said.

On Tuesday, Trump told the Fox News channel in an interview that he believed that Russian President Vladimir Putin was "very smart", and praised Chinese President Xi Jinping as a "brilliant man."