One day after Russia's foreign minister Sergey Lavrov gave the first
Russian response to allegations that Moscow was behind the DNC server
hack when he said "I don't want to use four letter words" to
a media question if Putin was responsible, on Wednesday the Kremlin
reiterated Russia's position when it dismissed allegations Russia had
hacked Democratic Party emails as "made up horror stories" dreamt up by U.S. politicians, saying it never interfered in other countries' election campaigns.
"Moscow is at pains to avoid any words that could be interpreted as direct or indirect interference in the election process," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told a conference call with reporters cited by Reuters.
"... We see that the Russian card is in the red corner on the writing table of all Washington politicians during the election campaign, and that very often they make it a trump card in their game."
Peskov was responding after U.S. President Barack Obama in an interview with NBC News said it was possible Russia would try to influence the U.S. presidential election after a leak of Democratic National Committee emails that experts have blamed on Russian hackers.
"This reminds me of a company where they tell each other horror stories and then start being frightened of their own stories," said Peskov. The Kremlin on Tuesday said unidentified individuals in the United States were trying to cynically exploit fear of Russia for electoral purposes.
Individuals perhaps such as this one. In an interview on NBC, President Barack Obama said it was possible that Russia would try to influence the U.S. presidential election.
"Anything is possible," Obama told NBC News in an interview broadcast on Tuesday when asked if the Russians would try to influence the Nov. 8 election.
Obama said the Federal Bureau of Investigation was investigating the leak on Friday of more than 19,000 DNC emails, which showed the committee had favored Hillary Clinton over Senator Bernie Sanders for the party's presidential nomination.
"I know that experts have attributed this to the Russians," Obama said reiterating the rather Once again the "experts" phrasing.
"What we do know is that the Russians hack our systems, not just government systems but private systems," he said.
The email leak forced Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz of Florida to resign as chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee.
Clinton, who received the Democratic nomination on Tuesday at the party's convention in Philadelphia, will face Republican Donald Trump in the election.
"What the motives were in terms of the leaks, all that, I can't say directly. What I do know is that Donald Trump has repeatedly expressed admiration for Vladimir Putin," Obama said.
Trump has often praised Putin, calling him a "strong leader." The New York businessman also told the New York Times last week that with him in the White House, NATO might not automatically defend the Baltic states that were once part of the Russian-led Soviet Union.
"I think that Trump has gotten pretty favorable coverage back in Russia," Obama said.
Meanwhile, this was Trump's take:
Funny how the failing @nytimes is pushing Dems narrative that Russia is working for me because Putin said "Trump is a genius." America 1st!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 27, 2016
Source: http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-07-27/kremlin-calls-allegations-democratic-hack-made-horror-stories
"Moscow is at pains to avoid any words that could be interpreted as direct or indirect interference in the election process," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told a conference call with reporters cited by Reuters.
"... We see that the Russian card is in the red corner on the writing table of all Washington politicians during the election campaign, and that very often they make it a trump card in their game."
Peskov was responding after U.S. President Barack Obama in an interview with NBC News said it was possible Russia would try to influence the U.S. presidential election after a leak of Democratic National Committee emails that experts have blamed on Russian hackers.
"This reminds me of a company where they tell each other horror stories and then start being frightened of their own stories," said Peskov. The Kremlin on Tuesday said unidentified individuals in the United States were trying to cynically exploit fear of Russia for electoral purposes.
Individuals perhaps such as this one. In an interview on NBC, President Barack Obama said it was possible that Russia would try to influence the U.S. presidential election.
"Anything is possible," Obama told NBC News in an interview broadcast on Tuesday when asked if the Russians would try to influence the Nov. 8 election.
Obama said the Federal Bureau of Investigation was investigating the leak on Friday of more than 19,000 DNC emails, which showed the committee had favored Hillary Clinton over Senator Bernie Sanders for the party's presidential nomination.
"I know that experts have attributed this to the Russians," Obama said reiterating the rather Once again the "experts" phrasing.
"What we do know is that the Russians hack our systems, not just government systems but private systems," he said.
The email leak forced Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz of Florida to resign as chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee.
Clinton, who received the Democratic nomination on Tuesday at the party's convention in Philadelphia, will face Republican Donald Trump in the election.
"What the motives were in terms of the leaks, all that, I can't say directly. What I do know is that Donald Trump has repeatedly expressed admiration for Vladimir Putin," Obama said.
Trump has often praised Putin, calling him a "strong leader." The New York businessman also told the New York Times last week that with him in the White House, NATO might not automatically defend the Baltic states that were once part of the Russian-led Soviet Union.
"I think that Trump has gotten pretty favorable coverage back in Russia," Obama said.
Meanwhile, this was Trump's take:
Funny how the failing @nytimes is pushing Dems narrative that Russia is working for me because Putin said "Trump is a genius." America 1st!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 27, 2016
Source: http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-07-27/kremlin-calls-allegations-democratic-hack-made-horror-stories