Moscow, Russia.
The Kremlin called today unfounded accusations from the agencies intelligence of the United States on the meddling of Russia in the presidential elections from 2020, and assured that he was ready to protect the interests of the country for a possible new round of sanctions.
“We consider this report incorrect. It is completely unfounded and does not provide any evidence. We disagree with your conclusions “stated the spokesman for the Russian president, Dmitri Peskov, on the document issued Tuesday by the C.I.A and the National Security Agency (NSA).
The US intelligence services were charged on Tuesday Russia and Iran have tried interfere in the 2020 presidential and revealed that Cuba, Venezuela and Lebanese Shia militia Hezbollah also tried to influence the process, although the effect was more limited.
Specifically, they confirm that the president of Russia, Vladimir Putin, “authorized” a “wide range” of operations to undermine public confidence in the electoral process and exacerbate divisions to aid the then president, Donald Trump, and hurt the Democratic candidate for it White House, Joe Biden.
“Russia did not interfere with the previous elections and did not interfere with the elections de 2020 mentioned in this report. Russia is not involved in any campaign against any of the candidates, ”said Peskov.
The spokesperson notes this Russia is forced “to take all necessary measures to minimize the risks associated with possible sanctions and maximum protection“the interests of the country.
Peskov found that after the last two presidential elections in the United States, the new governments started their administration ‘with different investigations’ with regard to Russia and the implementation of multiple sanctions “.
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In addition, he regretted reporting “about it low quality “ are used for inclusion in the calendar “new sanctions” against Russia.
In this sense, he affirmed that the actions of the US authorities are “unpredictable”, Hence Russia tIt takes into account “all possible variations of action” from the US.
“This line of action damages relationships Russian Americans, already deteriorated considerably. And, of course, it does not support the attempts or examples of political will that seek to normalize these relationships, ”he said.