Russia's President Vladimir Putin attends a session of the World Atomic Week international forum, an event dedicated to the global nuclear industry and related sectors, in Moscow, Russia, September 25, 2025. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina/Pool

SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that the murder last month of the right-wing U.S. political activist Charlie Kirk was "disgusting" and proof that there was a deep divide in American society.

(Reporting by Vladimir Soldatkin; Writing by Lucy Papachristou)