Cars pass the Kremlin in Moscow on Monday. Russia reacted to the end of the U. After two years playing defense over the probe into Russia’s interference in the 2016 Russian foreign correspondent. Moscow went on the attack, claiming vindication based on the U.
The celebrations were despite the investigation having led to charges against 25 Russians and even though Mueller’s report has not been released. Alexey Pushkov wrote on Twitter on Monday. All of the charges were pulled out of thin air. The media played a shameful role in this incendiary campaign built on lies. The conspiracy theorists have been discredited. From now on, only idiots can believe them. Pushkov’s remarks reflect the official line broadcast by state-controlled media Monday: that the U.
Trump and the Kremlin to turn the American people against Russia and sabotage the administration’s efforts to forge better ties with Moscow. That’s been a common refrain since 2017. Channel One, a major state-owned network, told viewers Monday. But will viewers hear the rebuttals now? The final report from Mueller, which was submitted to the Justice Department on Friday, remains confidential.
No Americans have been charged with working with Russians to influence the election, but Mueller helped expose a willingness by Trump and his campaign to capitalize on Moscow’s help, and then lie about it. The special counsel also outlined evidence for and against an obstruction of justice case, Atty. William Barr wrote Sunday in a letter to Congress. Barr said after reading the report, he determined the facts don’t show Trump committed a crime. Dmitri Trenin, director of the Carnegie Moscow think tank, told the Los Angeles Times.
Since the Kremlin generally expects no good news to come out of the U. Outside the White House, few parties had more vested interest in Mueller’s findings than Russia. The country’s hacking and meddling in the 2016 election have been invoked by Congress to justify additional waves of sanctions. But Mueller’s report confirmed the allegations of interference in the election, according to Barr’s letter.
Russian officials expressed concern that the investigation continued to assert those charges, which the Kremlin denies. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters Monday. We have seen a little extract, a small resume, that doesn’t actually say anything new other than there was no collusion. Even on Channel One, where Barr’s letter was celebrated, there was a note of caution. The conclusions have been made, but does that mean everything is over? The idea that our nation allegedly tried to influence the U.
In the Federation Council, Russia’s upper house of parliament, Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Konstantin Kosachev said Mueller’s findings present Trump with an opportunity to reset U. Russia relations and pursue the warm ties he spoke of in the 2016 campaign — comments that deeply endeared Trump to Russians. Kremlin, said Vladimir Frolov, an independent Russian foreign policy analyst. Moscow must downplay Mueller’s findings on election interference and play up Barr’s summary that the investigation did not establish that Trump or his campaign conspired with Russia in the interference.
