MOSCOW, March 13. /TASS/. The Kremlin has tired of absurd accusations that U.S. Senator John McCain.
“Certainly, (the Kremlin) tired (from blaming McCain), stated to journalists the press Secretary of the President Dmitry Peskov. – Believe them (the charges McCain) is quite absurd.”
A Kremlin spokesman reminded that McCain has long been known “as a politician, which, to put it mildly, not a fan of Russia and has a very biased attitude towards our country.”
Earlier, the Chairman of the Senate Committee on armed services, Republican John McCain repeated a statement that the organization WikiLeaks allegedly has ties with Russia. “I can’t say, but it is clear that WikiLeaks was connected with Russia”, – he said. While McCain has not led evidence intended of Moscow’s involvement in a new publication by WikiLeaks about the methods of cyber espionage used by the Central intelligence Agency (CIA). “No, of course not, it was someone sitting in his basement in his underwear, Smoking a cigarette,” said a sarcastic Senator in response to the question of journalists whether he considers that Russia can be involved in the data breach.
“We need to do more (in terms of enhancing cybersecurity). If (hackers) have been able to hack the CIA then they can get to anyone. What worries me most is the fact that they have demonstrated the ability to get to our most important secrets, the most important of classified materials,” – said the politician.