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Thursday, October 27, 2016
Putin slams claims of Russian meddling in US election as ‘hysteria’
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GooglePresident Vladimir Putin slams claims that Russia has attempted to interfere in the upcoming US presidential elections by hacking American political institutions as “hysteria.”
“The number of mythical, dreamed-up problems includes the hysteria — I can’t think of another word — that has broken out in the United States about the influence of Russia on the current elections for the US president,” Putin says at a meeting of political scientists in Sochi.
Washington last week formally accused the Russian government of trying to “interfere” in the 2016 White House race by hacking US political institutions, charges the Kremlin has repeatedly dismissed.
“Does anyone seriously think Russia can somehow influence the choice of the US people? Is the US some kind of banana republic? The United States is a great power. Please correct me if I’m wrong,” Putin says.
The Times of Israel Community.