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Russia denies claims of staged videos

Moscow has rejected US intelligence reports that Russia was behind videos intended to diminish confidence in the presidential election. The Moscow Times reported on Tuesday.

“We have noted the statement from the US intelligence community accusing our country of spreading fake videos about election violations in the United States. We consider these allegations to be unfounded,” the Russian Embassy in the United States said in a statement on Telegram.

One of the videos widely shared on social media showed a Haitian immigrant claiming to have voted several times in Georgia. In the video, he claims in a remarkably robotic voice: “We are from Haiti. We came to America six months ago and we already have our American citizenship – we are voting for Kamala Harris.”

The FBI, CISA and the Director of National Intelligence called the video part of “Moscow's broader effort to raise unfounded questions about the integrity of the U.S. election and stoke divisions among Americans.”

A voter walks to cast his ballot during early voting in the presidential election at a polling station at the C. Blythe Andrews, Jr. Public Library in Tampa, Florida, U.S., November 1, 2024. (Source: OCTAVIO JONES/REUTERS)

Moscow claims the US has no evidence of its alleged interference

The embassy stated that Russia had not received “any evidence of these claims in its communications with U.S. officials,” as reported by The Moscow Times.

“As President Vladimir Putin has repeatedly emphasized, we respect the will of the American people,” the statement continued. “All allegations of 'Russian machinations' are malicious slander.”



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