Lavrov officially denies Russian influence over US election

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>Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has dismissed claims that his country is interfering in the US presidential election as "ridiculous".

>In an interview with CNN's Christiane Amanpour in Moscow, Lavrov said it was "flattering" that American officials think Russia is meddling in the election, but the accusations were baseless.

>The US last week accused Russia of being behind a series of email hacks, including communications from the Democratic National Committee.

>"It's flattering, of course, to get this kind of attention -- for a regional power, as President Obama called us some time ago," Lavrov said in the CNN interview.
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>Lavrov was also asked about the furor over a video that emerged last week in which Trump talked about women in lewd terms.

>After pointing out that English was not his first language and that he was unsure if he would sound "decent," Lavrov said: "There are so many pussies around the presidential campaign on both sides that I prefer not to comment."