Moscow, Russia.
The Kremlin has today called it unfounded accusations of the agencies of intelligence of the United States on the interference of Russia at presidential elections of 2020, and assured to be ready to protect them country interests in the face of a possible new round of sanctions.
“We consider this report to be incorrect. It is completely unfounded and does not provide any evidence. We do not agree with its conclusions “, Said the spokesman for the Russian president, Dmitri Peskov, on the document presented Tuesday at the CIA and the National Security Agency (NSA).
U.S. intelligence agencies accused this Tuesday a Russia and Iran of having tried interfere at presidential elections of 2020 and revealed that Cuba, Venezuela and the Lebanese Shiite militia Hezbollah also tried to influence the process, although its effect was more limited.
Specifically, they claim that the president of Russia, Vladimir Putin, He “authorized” a “wide range” of operations to undermine public confidence in the electoral process and exacerbate divisions to help the then president, Donald Trump, and hurt the Democratic candidate in the White House, Joe Biden.
“Russia did not interfere in the previous elections and did not meddle in the elections dand 2020 cited in this report. Russia is not linked to any campaign against any of the candidates, “Peskov said.
The spokesman noted that Russia has been obliged “to take all necessary measures to minimize the risks associated with possible sanctions and protect as much as possible“Country interests.
Peskov noted that after the last two presidential elections in the US the new administrations began their management “with several investigations with respect to Russia and the implementation of multiple sanctions “.
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In addition, he lamented that reports “of low quality “ be used to include in the agenda “New sanctions” against Russia.
In this regard, he stated that the actions of the US authorities are “Unpredictable”, So that Russia ttakes into account “all possible variants of action” in the US.
“This line of action damages relationships Russian-Americans, In itself quite deteriorated. And of course, it does not favor any of the attempts or displays of political will that seek the normalization of these relations “, he pointed out. EFE