Russian President Vladimir Putin accused the Obama administration on Tuesday of trying to undermine Donald Trump, saying people spreading false allegations against the president-elect are “worse than prostitutes.”

Putin denied allegations that Russia has compromising information on the incoming president, saying those reports are “fake” news.

“People who order such fakes against the U.S. president-elect, fabricate them and use them in political struggle are worse than prostitutes,” Putin said.

“They have no moral restrictions whatsoever, and it highlights a significant degree of degradation of political elites in the West, including in the United States.”

One of the charges contained in an unverified dossier against Trump — which he has called “fraudulent” — is that he partied with prostitutes in a Moscow hotel in 2013.

Putin said Trump wasn’t a presidential candidate at the time, so Russian spies wouldn’t even considered spying on him.

“He wasn’t a politician, we didn’t even know about his political ambitions,” Putin said.

“Do they think that our special services are hunting for every US billionaire?”

The Russian strongman blamed Obama’s administration for seeking to “undermine the legitimacy of the president-elect,” in the face of Trump’s “convincing” election victory over Hillary Clinton.

Putin also accused Trump’s critics of trying to “stage a Maidan in Washington,” comparing protests against the president-elect to alleged US involvement in 2014 protests in the Ukraine that drove a pro-Moscow president from power.

Trump has not hidden his praise for Putin and insisted stronger Moscow-Washington ties can only benefit the United States.

Putin agreed, saying attacks on Trump won’t make America great again.

“People who are doing that are inflicting a colossal damage to the interests of the United States,” Putin said.

“How can you do anything to improve US-Russian relations when they launch such canards as hackers’ interference in the election?

For his part, Putin said he’s never met Trump and has no vested interest in defending him.

“I don’t know Mr. Trump personally, I have never met him and don’t know what he will do on the international arena,” Putin said, according to Russian state media.

“So I have no grounds to attack him or criticize him for anything, or protect him or whatever.”