A woman walks past an installation of a poster depicting the hand of a person in a suit in the colors of the Ukrainian flag (R) handcuffed to another person's hand holding a US Desert Eagle pistol with the inscription reading 'Free the 'slave' from his bonds! June 19th, Juneteenth', outside the main building of the US embassy in Moscow, Russia, 26 June 2024. On 24 February 2022, Russian troops entered Ukrainian territory in what the Russian president declared a 'special military operation', starting an armed conflict that has provoked destruction and a humanitarian crisis. EPA-EFE/YURI KOCHETKOV US intelligence officials have said that Russia is seeking to influence the November election, and that Moscow has used Russia-based influence-for-hire companies to shape U.S. public opinion.
"As for these accusations, they are absurd, and we strongly reject them," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said when asked about the reports from Washington.
"There will be a lot of such statements as the U.S. elections approach because Russia and the head of the Russian state personally are essentially significant factors that both Republicans and Democrats exploit during their political struggle, especially in the election campaign," said Peskov.
(Reporting by Dmitry Antonov; Writing by Anastasia Teterevleva/Guy FaulconbridgeEditing by Andrew Osborn)
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