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Putin's Latest Accusation Against the U.S. Is Pretty Damn Ironic

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Pot meet kettle.

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s government issued a warning to the U.S.: Don’t “meddle” in their country’s upcoming election. Meanwhile a jailed Russian hacker claims, under orders from Russian intelligence, he hacked into Democratic National Committee (DNC) networks and can prove it.

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova accused the U.S. of “direct interference into the electoral process” after the State Department criticized Russia’s decision to ban opposition leader and anti-corruption activist Alexei Navalny from running for president.


A State Department representative criticized the Russian government’s “ongoing crackdown against independent voices, from journalists to civil society activists and opposition politicians,” according to a statement.

We urge the government of Russia to hold genuine elections that are transparent, fair, and free and that guarantee the free expression of the will of the people, consistent with its international human rights obligations.”

Zakharova accused the U.S. of “meddling” in the Russian election by issuing such statements in a post on her Facebook page.

This statement by the U.S. Department of State, which I’m sure will not be the only one, is a direct interference into the electoral process and the state’s domestic affairs.”

Several Russian news outlets, including the state-owned TASS news agency, reported Zakharova’s comments this week.

Zakharova’s accusation comes during an ongoing investigation by special counsel Robert Mueller into Russia’s own interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.

Konstantin Kozlovsky, currently jailed in Russia, told an independent Russian network in a recent interview that he left a file on the DNC network containing markers to prove he hacked the DNC servers. Kozlovsky, part of a group of hackers arrested by Russian authorities last year, used malware to steal over $25 million from Russian banks.

Specifically, Kozlovsky says he left a .dat file with the number of his visa to Caribbean island St. Martin and his passport number on the DNC’s internal server.

Earlier this year, Kozlovsky posted a purported court testimony on Facebook claiming he hacked the DNC on the orders of Russia’s Federal Security Service, or FSB. Kozlovsky’s claims, if proven, contradicts Russian President Vladimir Putin’s repeated denials the Kremlin ordered the hacking campaign targeting the 2016 U.S. election.

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