American intelligence has blamed “Russian agents of influence” for a false video on the presidential election. Russia has denied being behind it.
Russia on Saturday denied being behind fake videos linked to the US elections, after US intelligence services accused it of being responsible for a fake video showing an immigrant claiming to have voted multiple times.
“We have taken note of the statement by the American intelligence services accusing our country of broadcasting fabricated videos of electoral violations in the United States. We consider these allegations to be unfounded.“, the Russian Embassy in the United States said in a statement published on Telegram and also distributed by the Russian Foreign Ministry
The embassy emphasizes that Moscow has not received “no evidence supporting these claims when contacting US authorities“.
“As President Vladimir Putin has reiterated, we respect the will of the American people. All insinuations about ‘Russian machinations’ are malicious slander“, she added.
The head of elections in the US state of Georgia, Brad Raffensperger, said in a statement Thursday evening:video purporting to show Haitian immigrant with multiple Georgia ID cards and claiming to have voted multiple times“.
“This is an example of the targeted disinformation we have seen during this and other elections“, added Mr. Raffensperger, believing that it was “probably from a production of Russian troll farms“.
Suspicions confirmed by the Federal Police (FBI), the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) in a joint press release on Friday.
“Intelligence Community Concludes Russian Agents of Influence Fabricated Recent Video Falsely Showing Individuals Claiming to be from Haiti Voting Illegally in Multiple Georgia Counties“, according to the text.
“This activity by Russia is part of a broader effort by Moscow to raise unfounded questions about the integrity of U.S. elections and fuel divisions among Americans.“, affirm these federal agencies.
They specify that they expect these attempts to continue until the vote and “in the following weeks and months“.
In the fake video, we see a man in a vehicle saying in a monotone voice to the camera: “We are from Haiti. We arrived in America six months ago, and we already have American citizenship – we are voting for Kamala Harris“.
He then claims that he and his friends voted in several counties and shows a series of driver’s licenses.
Georgia’s elections official asked “Elon Musk and other social media platforms to remove” the video.
But the 20-second clip can still be viewed on
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