Prove it or SHUT UP: Russia warns US over allegations of hacking the presidential election
RUSSIA has ordered the US to either prove accusations that it interfered in the presidential election by hacking Democratic Party organisations or drop the issue.
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The Kremlin issued a fierce statement to the US weeks after Donald Trump was chosen to be the next president in a victory over his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters in Tokyo: "Either stop talking about it or finally provide some evidence. Otherwise it looks indecent."
Russia has repeatedly denied the hacking allegations.
Russia warns US over allegations of hacking the presidential election
Many in the US claim Russia interfered in the presidential election by hacking
The Kremlin said on Friday that President Vladimir Putin had given Barack Obama "a really clear response" to US allegations that Moscow had interfered in the presidential election.
Either stop talking about it or finally provide some evidence
Russia's TASS news agency cited Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov as telling reporters in Tokyo that Putin had explained Russia's stance on the issue to Obama on the sidelines of the G20 summit in September.
He was quoted as saying: "There was a tete-a-tete conversation and different themes were discussed.
President Vladimir Putin had given Barack Obama 'a really clear response', says the Kremlin
"This theme was touched upon. A really clear reply was given by our side which perhaps did not fit with what Obama was trying to explain to us."
Three US officials said on Thursday that Putin had supervised his intelligence agencies' hacking of the US presidential election and turned it from a general attempt to discredit American democracy to an effort to help Donald Trump.