Allegations “baseless”. Russia denied, Saturday 1is November, to be the origin of fake videos linked to the US elections, after the US intelligence services accused it of being responsible for a fake video showing an immigrant claiming to have voted several 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.
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The embassy emphasizes that Moscow has not received “no evidence supporting these allegations when contacting US authorities”reports theAFP.
“As President Vladimir Putin has reiterated, we respect the will of the American people. All insinuations about Russian machinations are malicious slander”she added.
“An example of targeted disinformation”
The head of elections in the US state of Georgia, Brad Raffensperger, said in a statement Thursday evening “of a video purporting to show a Haitian immigrant possessing several Georgia ID cards and claiming to have voted several times”.
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“This is an example of the targeted disinformation we have seen in this and other elections,” added Brad Raffensperger, believing that it was “probably produced by Russian troll farms”.
“Stirring up divisions between Americans”
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 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 the U.S. election 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”.
