Russia attacks ‘amateurish’ US hacking claims
Russia 'tired' of denying claims by US intelligence agencies President Vladimir Putin personally ordered hacking campaign to benefit Trump
Moscow — The Kremlin on Monday branded a hacking report by US intelligence baseless and amateurish, saying Moscow is growing tired of denying claims the Russian government meddled in the US election. "These are baseless allegations substantiated with nothing, done on a rather amateurish, emotional level that is hardly worthy of professional work of truly world-class security services," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. US intelligence agencies on Friday released a report saying that Russian President Vladimir Putin personally ordered a campaign of hacking and media manipulation to upend the campaign of Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. The Kremlin’s comments were the first official reaction by Moscow to the public report, which was half the length of the classified version presented to President Barack Obama and US president-elect Donald Trump. "We still don’t know what data is really being used by those who present such unfounded accusations," Peskov said, insi...
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