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Russian President Vladimir Putin brushed off claims that the Russian government is behind cyberattacks against the United States or election interference, saying that these accusations are lacking evidence and are “farcical.” 

Fox News reports:

“It’s becoming farcical,” Putin said. “We have been accused of all kinds of things. Election interference, cyberattacks, and so on and so forth, and not once – not once, not one time – did they bother to produce any kind of evidence or proof. Just unfounded accusations.”

Former special counsel Robert Mueller’s report included detailed allegations that the Kremlin-backed Internet Research Agency used fake identities to carry out disinformation campaigns on social media and through grassroots activism.

In 2019, the Senate Intelligence Committee released an 85-page report outlining a large-scale Russian effort to interfere in the 2016 presidential election. The group of bipartisan senators described the social media activities of the Internet Research Agency as part of a “broader, sophisticated and ongoing information warfare campaign designed to sow discord in American politics and society.”

In the months before the 2020 elections, FBI Director Christopher Wray said Russia had been “very active” in election interference efforts, and a report by cybersecurity firm Digital Shadows released prior to the 2020 election claimed that Russia, Iran and China all posed threats leading into November’s contest. The report accused Russia of “hack and leak” operations and cooperation between organized crime groups and Russian government agencies.

Putin said during the interview, that “the simplest thing to do would be for us to sit down calmly and agree on joint work in cyberspace,” claiming that the U.S. has refused to do so when pressed on why he won’t take a stronger stance against the hackers. 




Comments

    1. I can guarantee you that Putin actually thought about it – Biden is repeating some crap that the Clintons dreamt up

  1. Everyone is laughing at Faux Joe behind his back. I wonder if Xi will do to him what they did to O’dummy, they refused to bring out the steps to AF1 he had to leave the plane thru the rear service entrance, though I am willing to bet O’ has experience going in and out of the rear of things.

    1. Unfortunately, everyone is now laughing at the Delaware Dildo right in front of his blank face as evidenced by his recent G7 trip. There is a song by the Doors with a title that perfectly describes BHO – Back Door Man.

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