United States election interference by Russia

U.S. President Donald Trump on Feb. 15 dismissed the idea of any "Russian connection" in a tweet that came amid a New York Times report that said members of his presidential campaign had contacts with Russian intelligence officials. 

The resignation of U.S. President Donald Trump's national security adviser Michael Flynn is an internal matter for the U.S.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said this on Tuesday during a conference call, according to Reuters.

The US Senate and Congress intelligence committees will proceed to investigate allegations of Russian hacking into the recent US elections in two separate inquiries, including claims that the Donald Trump campaign had contacted the Kremlin. In a closed session, Tuesday, the Senate committee approved a formal plan to explore the allegations following the panel’s previously announced inquiry.

Vladimir Putin has dismissed the dossier published last week about alleged links between Moscow and Donald Trump, describing the people who ordered it as “worse than prostitutes”.

Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered an effort to help Republican Donald Trump's electoral chances by discrediting Democrat Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential campaign, U.S. intelligence agencies said in an assessment on Jan. 6.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered a campaign for exercising influence over the elections in the USA. The aim was to undermine the democratic process and denigrate the candidate of the Democratic Party Hillary Clinton.

This was pointed out in a published report of the US intelligence services, cited by Reuters.

The United States and Russia have engaged in a dangerous diplomatic spat, after the former issued sanctions on the latter over their involvement in hacking U.S. political groups in the 2016 presidential election, which sparked reaction from Russia.