WASHINGTON: Russia on Wednesday rejected the United States’ accusations of Moscow’s interference in the U.S. presidential elections.
U.S. authorities have alleged that hoax bomb threats targeting polling stations appeared to originate in Russia.
The Russian embassy in the United States said in a statement that the accusations were baseless and slanderous.
“All insinuations about ‘Russian machinations’ are malicious slander, invented for use in the domestic political struggle of the United States,” the embassy said in remarks reported by the state-run RIA Novosti news agency.
The embassy added that it “did not receive any evidence in its contacts with U.S. officials, nor any requests regarding the story being promoted in the press,” and accused U.S. authorities and media of “hysterics” over alleged Russian disinformation related to the elections.
Russian presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov has denied any electoral interference by Moscow, calling the allegations “absolutely unfounded,” according to RIA Novosti.
Earlier on Tuesday, the FBI confirmed that bomb threats to polling locations in several states likely stemmed from Russian email domains. Though the FBI said none of the threats were determined to be credible, they forced the temporary closure of several polling places on Election Day.
This follows a U.S. intelligence assessment last month that Russian operatives were behind a fake video purporting to show someone destroying mail-in ballots in Pennsylvania in late October.
It is pertinent to mention here that Donald Trump won the US presidential elections and become the second president in U.S. history, after Grover Cleveland, to win a non-consecutive second term.
Trump has secured 277 electoral votes, defeating Democratic nominee Harris, who secured 226 votes. Swing states played a decisive role in Trump’s historic victory.
