Peskov called the ordinary work of a diplomat meeting Kislyak in the United States
Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation recalled that the Russian Ambassador met with representatives of Hillary Clinton, but that does not mean that Moscow interfered in the elections.
Moscow. March 11. INTERFAX.RU — Russian Ambassador in Washington Sergey Kislyak has performed the usual work of a diplomat, when in the course of the election campaign in the United States met with representatives of Donald trump and Hillary Clinton, said in an interview with CNN, the press Secretary of the President Dmitry Peskov.
“It’s his job. He talked about the bilateral relations, he talked about what is happening in the United States to have a better understanding in Moscow. Are any of the Russian Ambassador abroad, any US Ambassador abroad, including in Moscow, because the large number of people talking in the Ambassador’s country, the better the job he was doing,” said Sands.
Press Secretary of the President also noted that the Ambassador met several times with people around Clinton, but it was not about election in the United States.
“But there was no meeting dedicated to the elections, the electoral process. It is in any case should not be taken as interference in the electoral process”, — said Peskov.
He also stated that the US administration has not presented convincing evidence of Moscow’s interference in the presidential election. According to the press Secretary of the President, the Russian leadership saw the published part of the report is one of the special services of the USA, dedicated to the Russian influence on American elections. However, according to Peskov, “this document is of a low quality level in the sense that whether to trust him”.
Fragments of the interview shown by CNN to mark the release of the documentary “the Most powerful man in the world”, which is dedicated to Russian President Vladimir Putin and needs to go on the air March 13.
All met with Kislyak
Earlier information about the contacts of the national security adviser of the President of the USA Michael Flynn with the Russian Ambassador has led to the fact that Flynn was forced to resign.
In addition, U.S. media reported on the meetings of the head of the justice Department Jeff and Roman sessions with Ambassador Kislyak. The representatives of the Democrats on that basis demanded the resignation and Roman sessions, as well as the establishment of a special Prosecutor who would be investigated, first, the attempts of the alleged intervention of the Russian Federation in elections in the United States and also ties with Russia representatives of the election headquarters of the President of the United States of trump.
Also The New York Times reported that Kislyak, met senior Advisor, son-in-law of Donald trump, Jared Kushner. And according to USA Today, two more adviser from the election team trump — Jeffrey Gordon and Carter Paige is in contact with the Russian Ambassador.
Russia categorically denies any interference in the American election, and the scandal associated with the communion and Roman sessions Kislyak in Moscow regard as “a witch hunt”.