The Kremlin said Sunday it does not believe the U.S. administration had anything to do with Saturday's attack on U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump.
Russia, however, accused the US amnesty of creating an atmosphere that provoked the attack.
Trump was shot in the ears at a rally in Pennsylvania in an attack now being investigated as an assassination attempt. The perpetrator was fatally shot and law enforcement officials said they had not yet identified a motive.
"We do not believe that the attempt to eliminate and kill Trump was organized by the current authorities," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters.
"But the atmosphere around candidate Trump... "It's what America is facing today," he said.
U.S. President Joe Biden condemned the attack, saying there was no place for such violence in America. Peskov said Russia condemns any violence in the course of political warfare.
Peskov's comments echoed those of some of Trump's Republican allies, who immediately blamed Biden.
"After numerous attempts to remove candidate Trump from the political arena — using the first legal means, courts, prosecutors, attempts to politically discredit and compromise the candidate — it was clear to all outside observers that his life was in danger," Peskov said.
He added that there were no plans for President Vladimir Putin to call Trump in light of the incident.