Obama's secret struggle to punish Russia for Putin's election assault

June 24, 2017 00:18

Russian President Vladimir Putin has repeatedly denied that his government interfered in the 2016 United States presidential race.

However, new details reported on Friday by The Washington Post reveal the extent to which the Russian meddling bore Putin's own signature and brushstrokes.

US intelligence officials have been pointing at Putin since October, when the Obama administration released a statement declaring that the stream of embarrassing emails and other material being posted online by WikiLeaks and other sites were tied to Russian hacking efforts that 'only Russia's senior-most officials could have authorised'.

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