In the clip – shown on CNN – Vladimir Zhirininovsky also warned Americans that electing Hillary Clinton would be "war".

He said: "They're voting for peace on planet Earth if they're voting for Trump but if they vote for Hillary it's war."

He then goes on to add: "If Hillary Clinton wins it will be the last US President ever. She craves power."

A Kremlin foreign ministry spokesperson stated that Zhirinovsky's thoughts were just his "personal opinion" but – according to CNN – analysts say he is helping President Putin.

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American Professor James Goldgeier told them: "President Putin has stoked nationalism up in recent years in order to shore up political support and so it's useful for him when ultra-nationalist comments like Zhirinovsky making these remarks."

The CNN report then goes on to say that "a cyberattack which exposed voter data in Florida was the work of the Russians" and that "the Obama administration just publicly named and shamed Putin's government for hacks of the democratic party, accusing the Kremlin of trying to destabilise America's political system".

Putin has denied the claims, saying in a statement: "They started this hysteria saying that this hacking is in Russia's interests. This has nothing to do with Russia's interests."

After a historic election Donald Trump this morning was announced as the next President of the United States.

President Putin has sent a telegram to Trump, congratulating him on his victory.

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Focus has been on rising World War 3 tensions recently with Putin announcing fears over a "very aggressive" Clinton.

And he also revealed a "New generation warfare" in a terrifying meeting.

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Ukraine threatened to scramble fighter planes after "a suspected Russian spy" fled the country.

And Americans in Alaska were told to prepare for an imminent attack.