The promise came as Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov stressed earlier on Tuesday that Moscow “has never interfered in the electoral process in any country”, including the US and the UK, a statement that followed the publication of the British Parliament’s “Russia meddling” report.
General Paul Nakasone, the director of the US National Security Agency (NSA), has pledged that Washington would respond to possible attempts by foreign countries to meddle in the 2020 American presidential election.
He vowed that the NSA will bolster its interagency partnerships and study the techniques of US adversaries in order to secure the 3 November elections.
The remarks came after the UK Parliament’s Intelligence and Security Committee report on Russia’s alleged meddling in Britain’s internal political process was published earlier on Tuesday.
The document specifically singles out the 2016 Brexit referendum, the 2017 general election, and the 2014 Scottish independence referendum.
The publication followed the Russian president’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov rejecting the report as something that contained “groundless accusations” which he stressed could not be “substantiated”.
The statement echoed the Kremlin spokesman’s remarks last week, when he pointed out that “we consistently and categorically deny any possible involvement of Russia in interference in the elections of any country, including those of the UK”.
In April 2019, then-Special Counsel Robert Muller’s probe into alleged collusion between Donald Trump and Russia found no evidence that any American citizen (including members of the Trump campaign) was involved in a conspiracy with the Russian authorities during the 2016 US presidential election.
Sourse: sputniknews.com
