Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov (Photo: VNA) |
The comments were the Kremlin's first reaction to charges drawn up by the office of US Special Counsel Robert Mueller which centered on a Russian businessman who US officials say has extensive ties to the country's military and political establishment.
The full indictment, released on Friday, said that a Russian propaganda arm funded by the businessman, Evgeny Prigozhin, oversaw a criminal and espionage conspiracy to tamper in the 2016 US presidential campaign to support Donald Trump and disparage Hillary Clinton.