When asked about the allegations that his government hacked into DNC servers, he said allegations were nothing but another instance of playing the “anti-Russian card”.
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(CNN) – Russian President Vladimir Putin denied having any involvement in the hack of the Democratic National Committee in early August, in an interview published Friday, despite a USA official saying earlier this summer there was “little doubt” Russia was behind the attack.
USA officials blame hackers guided by the Russian government for the attacks on DNC servers earlier this year that resulted in WikiLeaks publishing about 20,000 private emails just before Hillary Clinton’s nominating convention in July.
Russian President Vladimir Putin called for patience to let natural changes occur in Syrian society instead of demanding that the Arab republic’s leader Bashar al-Assad step down, Sputnik says.
Republican nominee Donald Trump has praised Putin as a leader and his former campaign chairman spent years working for the Putin ally who was ousted from Ukraine’s presidency in 2014.
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A computer network used by Clinton’s campaign, and the party’s fundraising committee for the U.S. House of Representatives were also hacked.
“At any rate we definitely do not do this at the state level”, Putin added.
Read the interview on Bloomberg here. Some suggest that this overlap is temporary, judging by the history of the two countries and their certainly uneven relations, but however long it lasts, this relationship will put Russian Federation on a firmer footing in the Middle East, to the disadvantage of other major players, namely, Saudi Arabia. They found that the two parties responsible were Cozy Bear and Fancy Bear, both intelligence agencies linked to Putin’s government.
He said that even if Russian Federation wanted to influence the US election, Moscow’s experts aren’t knowledgable enough to do so.
“That’s why we never intervened, don’t intervene and try not to intervene in domestic political processes” in the U.S.
The FBI as well as security experts brought in to examine the original DNC break-in traced the attack to hacker groups they said are known to be linked to Russian intelligence services. Join us on September 12 as our panel of the world’s top financial experts provide trusted information on the investment risks and opportunities that arise with the upcoming presidential election in November.
In an interview with Bloomberg Editor-in-Chief John Micklethwait, Putin’s mocking misunderstanding of the US electoral process was on full display.
President Vladimir Putin is watching the USA election campaign with a mixture of irony, disgust and imperfect understanding.
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“No, I don’t know anything about that”, Putin said in a jocular tone, raising an eyebrow as he answered the question.
