The course of the election campaign in the United States is a pitiful sight, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said.

"Seriously speaking, of course, it’s a pitiful sight. And if the system of so-called American democracy produces such results or such a course of the election campaign, everyone could draw their own conclusions about how it’s all orchestrated, how it’s arranged," he said answering a question from VGTRK journalist Pavel Zarubin, according to Tass news agency.

On June 27, the first televised debate was held by the incumbent and former US presidents - Joe Biden and Donald Trump - in Atlanta (Georgia).