MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The chairman of the Russian Federal Assembly's Foreign Affairs Committee Konstantin Kosachev said that "the United States recognizes only elections which pro-Western candidates win as fair and democratic. All other electoral procedures and results are anathematized almost every time. According to the increasing number of statements on the issue of 'Russian meddling', it seems that the scale of US pressure could be unprecedented."
The Russian official added that despite the strength of the US economy and armed forces, Washington had interfered in foreign elections at least 81 times between 1946 and 2000, according to US estimations.
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The US Congress is currently investigating Russia's alleged meddling in last year's US presidential election. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has been carrying out a similar investigation. A number of hearings regarding the issue have been held in Congress, but intelligence service officials did not provide any evidence, claiming that the information was confidential.
The US media outlets have also accused Russia of meddling in the election campaign and claimed, citing unidentified sources, that the team of Donald Trump, who won the presidential vote, allegedly had ties with Russian officials and businessmen.
Moscow has repeatedly refuted all allegations. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov called the accusations "absolutely groundless."
