Russia has dismissed the US accusations of attempting to interfere in the 2016 elections, stressing that such baseless claims are just aimed at fanning “unprecedented anti-Russian hysteria.”
Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov made the criticism in a statement posted on the ministry’s website on Saturday.
“This whipping up of emotions regarding ‘Russian hackers’ is used in the US election campaign, and the current US administration, taking part in this fight, is not averse [to] using dirty tricks,” he said.
On Friday, the Office of the US Director of National Intelligence and the Department of Homeland Security released a joint statement, formally accusing Moscow of hacking the computers of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and other political organizations.
“The US Intelligence Community is confident that the Russian Government directed the recent compromises of e-mails from US persons and institutions.” — PressTV