MFA Russia considers the US accusations “helplessness” of interfering in the elections – RBC

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Moscow He criticized Washington’s accusations against Russia of interfering in the US elections. official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova called such statements “helplessness»

Charges Russian meddling in the US presidential election can be regarded as an indicator of “helplessness” of US authorities, said Foreign Ministry spokesman Maria Zakharova, the TV channel “Russia-24″ .

«Unfortunately, this is an indicator of absolute powerlessness, helplessness, or even impasse new ideas, electoral ideas”, – she said (here and further quotes at “Interfax»)

According to her, in order to attract people’s attention, it is necessary to introduce new ideas about development of the country, “and not get these izmusolennye, crumpled and heavily marked cards on which is written in quotes” Russian hackers’. ” Zakharov added that “Russian scare during the US election campaign, well-defined objectives».

Previously, The Washington Post, citing a senior source said that the intelligence agencies and law enforcement agencies in the US are investigating the operation, which, in their opinion, could organize the Russian authorities to undermine the confidence of American voters to the political institutions of the country. in this case, one of the interlocutors edition emphasized that the intelligence did not confirm the presence of a “definitive proof” of Russia’s intentions to fraud.

Later, Ph.D. US presidents from the Democratic party, Hillary Clinton said that the potential Russian intervention in the American election campaign poses a serious threat that must be eliminated quickly.