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Reuters: Putin tells NBC says US hackers could have framed Russia in election hack

Published June 3, 2017 at 2:37 pm

Russian President Vladimir Putin (C) looks on during the naming ceremony of the new Russian "Christophe de Margerie" Arctic LNG tanker, on the side of the International Economic Forum (SPIEF), on June 3, in Saint Petersburg.

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American hackers could have planted false evidence that Russia interfered in the U.S. presidential election, President Vladimir Putin was quoted as saying by NBC News on Saturday.

U.S. intelligence officials have said Russia tried to interfere in the U.S. election by hacking the Democratic Party to sway the vote in favor of Donald Trump, a charge the Kremlin has repeatedly denied.