Putin comments Washington's accusations in involvement of US presidential elections

“In response to the alleged intervention in their elections (SHBA) they want to create problems during the Russian president's election,” President Vladimir Putin said.

He also touched on charges against Moscow for support in using doping, saying this could be one of the ways to undermine the upcoming 2018 presidential elections, reports “Sputnik International” Transmission Periscope.

This is what worries me: The Olympics should begin in February and we have presidential elections in March. There are huge suspicions that all of this is being done to create an atmosphere of discontent between sports fans and athletes that is necessary for someone, that the state was allegedly involved in violations and is responsible for this”, Putin told employees of the Chelyabinsk compress plant.

These statements come amid an ongoing investigation of the FBI into Russia's alleged intervention in the 2016 presidential elections, launched after Donald Trump's victory, despite the fact that Moscow has repeatedly denied any intervention in the election, calling claims “groundless” and “absurde. ”

In his earlier comments on US-Russia relations during a plenary session at the Russian Energy Week Forum, Putin said that “Russia and the United States had shared fundamental interests, such as determining energy policies, combating cyber crime, preventing the spread of weapons of mass destruction and resolving conflict in Syria and other regions<1>.

US President Donald Trump has also repeatedly denied any possible link between his presidential bid and Moscow, as no evidence has been found.

He also accused the democratic camp of using the alleged claim of Russia's agreement to justify their poor performance in 2016's presidential elections./Periscopi/