Russian Embassy Denies Allegations of Moscow’s Interference in US Election

Russia’s embassy in the United States has rejected accusations of Moscow’s involvement in election interference, following reports that bomb threats to polling stations in multiple U.S. states appeared to originate from Russian email domains.

On Tuesday, the FBI confirmed that bomb threats targeting polling locations were likely sent from Russian-controlled email addresses. While none of the threats were deemed credible, they prompted the temporary closure of several polling stations.

This incident follows a U.S. intelligence assessment last month, which identified Russian operatives as being behind a fake video circulating in late October. The video falsely depicted someone destroying mail-in ballots in Pennsylvania, raising concerns about election integrity.

In response, the Russian embassy in Washington dismissed the allegations, calling them “slanderous and baseless.” A statement from the embassy, reported by the state-run RIA Novosti news agency, called the claims “malicious slander” designed to fuel domestic political conflict in the U.S.

The embassy also emphasized that it had not received any evidence from U.S. officials or any formal requests concerning the alleged election interference. It further criticized U.S. authorities and the media for what it described as “hysteria” over supposed Russian disinformation campaigns.

Russian presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov also denied the allegations, categorizing them as “absolutely unfounded,” according to RIA Novosti.

Meanwhile, CNN reported that a spinoff of the Russian “troll factory” that targeted the 2016 U.S. presidential election may have been behind a disinformation effort aimed at influencing U.S. and Western audiences. This was revealed in a joint investigation with researchers from Clemson University’s Media Forensics Hub.