Comment by Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova on the latest US Senate’s allegations regarding the Russian Federation

We have taken note of the last volume of the report issued a few days ago by the Senate Sel ect Committee on Intelligence regarding the alleged interference in the 2016 US presidential election. It is now perfectly clear that the document, which US legislators have been preparing during the past three years and have described as “the most comprehensive and meticulous examination to date explaining how Russia interfered in the 2016 presidential election,” has not added any new details to the long-standing US insinuations regarding Russia.

Just as the previous volumes of the report, this one does not contain any real facts. Essentially, it repeats the well-known and unsubstantiated allegations from the so-called Mueller report and other US documents, such as the hacking, allegedly on orders fr om the Russian leadership, of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) computer servers, Trump campaign members’ contacts with Russian nationals, as well as Russia’s alleged striving to undermine democracy in the United States.

We have commented on these allegations more than once and have pointed out that they are completely unsubstantiated. It is obvious that the narrative of the Russian interference was initially invented as part of political infighting in the United States. For our part, we regret that these forces’ ambitions and desire to fuel anti-Russia sentiments have seriously damaged our bilateral dialogue. We do not believe that any further efforts to promote anti-Russia myths in society will benefit anyone. The American people are currently concerned about other, real rather than imaginary, problems and expect their politicians to find an effective solution to them. We hope that US Senators will eventually wake up to this reality.