“It is quite clear that the publication of such information has nothing to do with reality. The only goal is to warm up anti-Russian sentiments in American society, to unleash witch hunts and spy mania, “a source from the Russian embassy in Washington told the news agency.
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On Monday, the US Department of Justice announced accusations of six current and former members of Russian military intelligence GRU of participating in a series of hacker attacks that hit targets from the last Winter Olympics in South Korea, through the Ukrainian energy network to the French presidential election in 2017.
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The cyber attacks were alleged to help the Kremlin’s geopolitical interests and destabilize or punish Moscow’s enemies, the AP agency wrote.
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Britain said on Monday that Russian military intelligence had planned and prepared cyber attacks to disrupt this year’s Olympic Games in Japan, which were postponed by a coronavirus pandemic for next year.
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