Kremlin says charges over U.S. election
tampering prove nothing
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[February 19, 2018]
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin said
on Monday that U.S. charges against 13 Russians and three Russian
companies accused of meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election
campaign contained zero proof of Russian state involvement.
The comments were the Kremlin's first reaction to charges drawn up by
the office of U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller.
The indictment, released on Friday, said that a Russian propaganda arm
oversaw a criminal and espionage conspiracy to tamper in the 2016 U.S.
presidential campaign to support Donald Trump and disparage Hillary
Clinton.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said he had noted that the U.S.
indictment centred on individuals rather than the Russian state and
presented no tangible proof that the Kremlin itself or Russian
government agencies were involved.
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"They are talking about Russian citizens, but we have heard in
announcements from Washington accusations about the involvement of the
Russian state, the Kremlin and the Russian government," Peskov told
reporters on a conference call.
"There are no indications that the Russian state could have been
involved in this and nor can there be any. Russia did not meddle, does
not have the habit of meddling in the internal affairs of other
countries, and is not doing so now."
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Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov arrives for the meeting with
officials of Rostec high-technology state corporation at the
Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow, Russia December 7,
2017. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin
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The Kremlin has repeatedly denied allegations Russia tried to
influence the 2016 election to help Trump win the White House,
casting such allegations as part of an anti-Russian campaign in the
United States.
Peskov said on Monday that such accusations were baseless and
unfair.
(Reporting by Andrew Osborn; Editing by Jack Stubbs)
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