Sergey Kislyak refuses to name or say how many Trump officials he's met with or spoken to on the phone, but he will say it's a lot.
The former Russian Ambassador to the United States made the declaration during an interview this week with state-owned Russian television station Russia-1:
"First, I'm never going to do that," he said. "And second, the list is so long that I'm not going to be able to go through it in 20 minutes."
CNBC:
...[H]e also joked about American investigations into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, called U.S. President Donald Trump "witty," and said that U.S.-Russian relations were worse than at any point since the end of the Cold War.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions answered questions during House testimony Tuesday, including some about his contacts with Kislyak during the 2016 campaign. The Russia-1 interviewer asked Kislyak for his take:
"I will tell you that in not one meeting, not with Sessions, not with anyone else, did we use any kinds of techniques or arguments that I would not be able to speak about publicly," Kislyak said.
He said Sessions's testimony gave him a feeling of déjà vu.
"The questions are all the same. There's absolutely nothing new. But most important, this is no longer about us," he said. "This is no longer about me. This isn't about contacts with us. This is a war that's going on between the opponents of the president, the president and everyone surrounding him."