Moscow Calls US Vote Meddling Claims 'blabber', 'fantasies'

Umer Jamshaid Published February 17, 2018 | 09:53 PM

Moscow on Saturday dismissed accusations it had interfered in the US election that brought President Donald Trump to power, calling them "blabber" and "fantasies".

Munich, Germany, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 17th Feb, 2018 ) :Moscow on Saturday dismissed accusations it had interfered in the US election that brought President Donald Trump to power, calling them "blabber" and "fantasies".

The rebuttals, made at the Munich Security Conference, came a day after the United States indicted 13 Russians for running a secret campaign to sway the American vote. "So as long as we don't see facts, everything else is blabber," Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told the audience.

The indictments -- which include the first charges laid by US special counsel Robert Mueller for election interference -- detailed a stunning operation launched in 2014 in a bid to sow division and influence American politics "including the presidential election of 2016".

Mueller alleges that by mid-2016, the campaign under the direction of Yevgeny Prigozhin, a close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin became focused on boosting Trump and demeaning his rivals including Democrat Hillary Clinton.