Russia: CIA report has ‘nothing to do with reality’

The Kremlin says a CIA assessment accusing Russia of helping President-elect Donald Trump win the White House is without merit.

“[It’s] absolutely unfounded, unprofessional, [and an] unqualified statement and accusation which has nothing to do with reality,” Dmitry Peskov, press secretary to Russian President Vladimir Putin, said Monday, according to Russian state media, as first reported by ABC News.

“Again and again in various media outlets there is such information, many high-ranking representatives of the U.S. and the U.K. come out with such statements,” Peskov added, according to the Interfax news agency.

 

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