Vladimir Putin has denied interfering in the US presidential election as he counter argued that it was actually American officials who were the ones trying to influence other countries' electoral processes.

Speaking during an interview for NBC News' 'Sunday Night with Megyn Kelly' he addressed claims that Russia had become involved in the US election by saying "it wouldn't make sense for us to interfere".

The Russian President then added: "Put your finger anywhere on a map of the world, and everywhere you will hear complaints that American officials are interfering in internal electoral processes."

Putin's comments come in the midst of an FBI investigation into whether Donald Trump's campaign had conspired with the Russian government to help win the election.

US intelligence has accused Russia of interfering in the election by hacking the Democratic Committee's computers and leaking information - a claim that Moscow has repeatedly denied.

Later in the interview Mr Putin also addressed claims that alleged he had collected a pre-campaign dossier on Mr Trump.

Mr Putin denied having any compromising material about the U.S. President.

He said: "Well, this is just another load of nonsense. Where would we get this information from?"

The Russian President then also denied having a personal relationship with his U.S. counterpart, saying: "We didn't have any relationship at all. There was a time when he used to come to Moscow. But you know, I never met with him. We have a lot of Americans who visit us."