A spokesman for Russian President Vladimir Putin dismissed Special Counsel Robert Mueller's indictments against Russian nationals and entities, saying there is no evidence the Russian government was involved in the meddling of the 2016 US election.
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Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on a conference call Monday that the U.S. charges did not contain any proof that the Russian state had been involved in such activity, according to Reuters and Russian news agency TASS.
"We continue to insist that we consider such evidence to be unfounded, we do not consider it to be exhaustive, we do not consider it fair and cannot agree with them," Peskov said, according to TASS.
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The Kremlin said allegations of Russian state involvement were "unfair and baseless," ...
"Russia did not interfere, it does not have such a custom — to interfere in the internal affairs of other counties, and does not do it now," Peskov said.
"First, as before, we do not see any significant evidence that someone interferes in the internal affairs of the U.S. Second, we are talking about Russian citizens, but we heard from Washington accusations about the involvement of the Russian state, the Kremlin, and the Russian government. There are no indications that the Russian state could have any involvement in this — and there can't be," he said.