Russia denied this Saturday, November 2, that it was at the origin of false videos linked to the American elections. US intelligence services accused her of being responsible for a fake video showing an immigrant claiming to have voted multiple times.
Russia denied this Saturday, November 2, that it was the origin of false videos linked to the American elections, after the American intelligence services accused it of being responsible for a false video showing an immigrant claiming to have voted several times.
“We have taken note of the statement of the American intelligence services accusing our country of disseminating fabricated videos about electoral violations in the United States. We consider these allegations to be baseless,” the Russian embassy said in the United States in a press release published on Telegram.
The embassy emphasizes that Moscow has not received “any evidence supporting these allegations when communicating with American authorities.” “As President Vladimir Putin has repeatedly said, we respect the will of the American people. Any insinuations about 'Russian machinations' are malicious slander,” she added.
“Agents of Russian influence” targeted by the United States
The head of elections in the US state of Georgia, Brad Raffensperger, reported Thursday evening in a press release “a video purporting to show a Haitian immigrant possessing several Georgia identity cards and claiming to have voted several times.”
“This is an example of the targeted disinformation that we have seen during this and other elections,” added Mr. Raffensperger, saying that it was “probably a product of troll farms Russians.
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.
“The intelligence community concludes that Russian agents of influence fabricated a recent video falsely showing individuals claiming to be from Haiti and voting illegally in multiple Georgia counties,” according to the text.
A “broader” framework
“This activity on the part of Russia is part of a broader framework of attempts by Moscow to raise unfounded questions about the integrity of American elections and to 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, a man in a vehicle is seen saying in a monotone voice into the camera: “We are from Haiti. We arrived in America six months ago, and we already have American citizenship – we vote 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 the leadership of other social media platforms to remove” the video. But the 20-second clip can still be viewed on
