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US Officials Not Taking Putin Election Comments Lightly

Jeff Seldin

   WASHINGTON - U.S. security officials are not laughing at the latest
   comments by Russian President Vladimir Putin about the Kremlin's
   attempts to interfere in U.S. elections.
   Putin, speaking at an economic forum in Moscow Wednesday, dismissed
   U.S. allegations that Russia meddled in both the 2016 U.S. presidential
   election and the 2018 mid-term election as "ridiculous."
   "Or it would be ridiculous if it was not that sorrowful, because all we
   see now in the U.S. domestic politics ruins Russia-U.S. relations, and
   I am sure it harms the United States itself, too," Putin said.
   "I'm telling you as a secret -- yes, we will definitely do it (meddle
   in next year's U.S. presidential election) in order to deliver you the
   best of fun," Putin joked with the audience. "Just don't tell anyone."
   

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