Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov announced on October 23 that the Russian presidential government did not watch the live debate session between the two US presidential candidates on the same day, but had read many articles about the event.
Peskov said Russia regrets that the US elections are increasingly becoming a candidate contest for who is more “anti-Russian,” according to TASS.
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Furthermore, Peskov said that American voters are the target audience for the debate and it is also American voters who decide who the winner is, not Russia.
During the debate, President Donald Trump accused Joe Biden of receiving $ 3.5 million from Russia.
Last week, Republican senators from the Senate Homeland Security Committee released a report accusing Hunter Biden, his son Joe Biden, of having foreign agreements that could cause a conflict of interest. good because your father is vice president.
The report said that Russia transferred $ 3.5 million to a company associated with Hunter. However, the report had no allegations against Joe Biden and no view that Hunter’s actions influenced US foreign policy.
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Hunter’s attorney, George Mesires, claimed that the client was not related to the company in question and that the allegation of receiving money was false, according to NBC News.
Also during the debate, President Trump said that no one was tougher on Russia than him and quoted the Director of National Intelligence, John Ratcliffe, accusing Russia of meddling in US elections to influence his administration. Meanwhile, Biden announced that Russia will pay the price for meddling if elected. Moscow has previously denied Ratcliffe’s allegations.
