Kremlin says not in touch with Donald Trump's team: agencies

[December 19, 2016]    MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin is not in touch with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's team, Russian news agencies cited Vladimir Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov as saying on Monday.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov speaks during a news briefing on the sidelines of the Russia-ASEAN summit in Sochi, Russia, May 19, 2016. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin

A senior Russian diplomat said last month the Russian government had been in touch with members of Trump's political team during the U.S. election campaign.

(Reporting by Alexander Winning; Editing by Andrew Osborn)

[© 2016 Thomson Reuters. All rights reserved.]

Copyright 2016 Reuters. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.