- Russian president mocked the PM for failing to achieve 'desired result'
- Cameron claimed during Brexit battle Russia would welcome a weaker EU
- Putin insisted he never intervened or commented on the historic poll
- China criticised Brexit decision - but vows to stand by Sino-British ties
Vladimir Putin took an angry swipe at his outgoing foe David Cameron by denying he or his agents had sought to sway the Brexit decision.
Speaking in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Russian President Putin hit back at campaign claims from the Prime Minister that he wanted Brexit to weaken Europe and divide the West, a claim echoed today by Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond.
This comes as Chinese state media offered snide criticism of the negative consequences of democracy after Britain voted to leave the EU - but vowed to stand by the 'golden age' of Sino-British ties.
Britain backed Brexit by a 52-48 margin in a shock result in Thursday's historic referendum.
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Russian president Vladimir Putin dismissed claims from David Cameron that Russia had sought a Brexit vote on Thursday as having 'no basis'
Putin said today: 'Statements by the UK Prime Minister, Mr Cameron before this plebiscite where he stated Russia's position, have no basis and never did.
'I believe that this is nothing more than a flawed attempt to influence the public opinion in his own country.
'As we see, it didn't even have the desired... result.'
He added: 'I have already said that we never interfered, never spoke about this, and acted in my opinion very properly.
'And of course we closely followed what was going on, but did not affect this process and did not even attempt to do so.'
Russia reacted to Brexit with a streak of admiration for Britain in winning back its sovereignty - and predictions that Brussels has been fatally weakened by the historic vote.
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