Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump hold a meeting on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Osaka on June 28, 2019 | Mikhail Klimentyev/AFP via Getty Images Putin says Trump won’t be removed on ‘trumped-up charges’ Russian president says US saga is just ‘political infighting.’

Russian President Vladimir Putin said the impeachment of Donald Trump was merely "political infighting" and he did not believe the U.S. president would be removed from power on "trumped-up charges."

Speaking during the Kremlin's annual press conference, Putin said in response to a question about Russia-U.S. relations: "You have the Senate where the Republicans have the majority, so I don't think they will vote him out of power on trumped-up charges."

The U.S. House on Wednesday voted to impeach Trump. It voted 230-197 to charge him with abuse of power and a second charge, obstruction of Congress, was approved with a 229-198 vote.

Trump was defiant after the vote, saying: “It doesn’t really feel like we’re being impeached. The country is doing better than ever before. We did nothing wrong, and we have tremendous support in the Republican Party.”

In his press conference Thursday, Putin said it was all just "political infighting."

"The Democratic Party lost the previous election, and they wanted to achieve their goals with other means. First, they said there was Russia intervention, collusion with Russia: no collusion. Now, [they say it's] pressure and quid pro quo with Ukraine," he added.

Putin also said the Russian constitution was not cast in stone and that changes "could happen," although there would need to be "a serious conversation as part of our society," before that could happen.

Political observers have warned that Putin could try to change the constitution in order to run for a third presidential mandate in 2024.