The United States accused the Russian "intervention" in the upcoming elections
The U.S. justice Department filed against the Russian accusations of meddling in the upcoming November elections.
the Minister noted that against the employee of the organization Project Lakhta 44-year-old Elena Husainova were accused of conspiring to "sow discord in the political system of the United States" due to the "spreading misinformation" and "provoke disputes" on a wide range of resonance issues. For example, This applies to observations on the sale and carrying of weapons and immigration.
The defendant is outside the United States, for this reason unlikely to appear before an American court, have told in Ministry of justice.
This is the first case in the UK that is open in the upcoming November U.S. mid-term elections.
before the US presidential Advisor for national security John Bolton said in Washington do not see the attempts of the capital of Russia to interfere in the upcoming elections. Vice-President Mike Pence, for his part, said that to influence the electoral process is trying not Russia, and China. The level of "interference" of Beijing, he called unprecedented.
Russia has many times denied allegations of attempts to influence elections in different countries, as the press Secretary of the President Dmitry Peskov called them " completely unfounded ". Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, speaking about as if taking place Russian interference in the elections in the United States and other countries, said that there are no facts confirming It, no.