Russian President Vladimir Putin has denied that Russia meddled in the U.S. presidential election, saying the claims lack substance.
Speaking at an economic forum in St. Petersburg, Putin says that the claims contained “nothing concrete, only assumptions.” CBC reports.
He added that IP addresses allegedly belonging to Russian hackers could have been easily rigged and couldn’t stand as evidence.
U.S. intelligence agencies have accused Russia of hacking into Democratic Party emails, helping Donald Trump’s election victory, and the congressional and FBI investigations into the Trump campaign’s ties with Russia have broken the Kremlin’s hopes for a detente with Washington.
“I had never known about anyone meeting anywhere,” said Putin.
The investigations have in large part deal with the Russian ambassador to the U.S. and his contacts with members of the Trump team.