U.S. attorney General sessions was discussed with the Russian Ambassador to Ukraine
WASHINGTON, 14 Jul — RIA Novosti, Dmitry Zlatarev. U.S. attorney General Jeff sessions said that when he was a Senator last year discussed the topic of Ukraine at a meeting with Russian Ambassador Sergei Kislyak.
“The day before meeting him, I met with the Ukrainian Ambassador and listened to his concerns about Russia. I discussed it with Kislyak,” sessions said at a hearing of the Senate intelligence Committee.
Republican Senator John McCain asked, did sessions with the dubious “concerns about Russian support (Syrian President Bashar) Assad.” “I don’t remember it,” — said the Prosecutor General.
In the U.S. Congress are now independent investigation into the alleged intervention of the Russian Federation in the United States presidential election, won by Donald trump. A similar investigation leads the FBI.
The American media regularly reports, generally citing unnamed sources, the contacts of the members of the electoral headquarters of the trump with Russian officials and businessmen.
Russia has repeatedly denied the allegations, press Secretary of the President Dmitry Peskov called them “completely unfounded”. The Russian foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, speaking about alleged Russian intervention in elections in the United States, France and Germany, said that there are no facts confirming it, no.