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MOSCOW — The Russian government had contact with advisers to Donald J. Trump during the American presidential campaign, one of the country’s top diplomats said Thursday.
“There were contacts,” Sergei A. Ryabkov, the deputy foreign minister, was quoted as saying by the Interfax news agency. “We continue to do this and have been doing this work during the election campaign,” he said.
Mr. Ryabkov said officials in the Russian Foreign Ministry were familiar with many people in Mr. Trump’s entourage. “I cannot say that all, but a wide range of them were in touch with Russian representatives,” Mr. Ryabkov said.
Dmitri S. Peskov, spokesman for President Vladimir V. Putin, said Wednesday that there were no plans for a meeting with Mr. Trump in the near future.
Mr. Putin was among the first foreign leaders to congratulate Mr. Trump on his stunning victory, and said he hopes they can work together “to lift Russian-U. S. relations out of the current crisis.”
Mr. Trump’s ties to Russia had been an issue during his bitter campaign against Hillary Clinton. The Obama administration accused Russia of ordering hackers to infiltrate the email servers of the Democratic National Committee and other groups and individuals in an effort to influence the election. Russian officials denied this.
Mr. Putin made no secret of his preference for Mr. Trump, prompting Mrs. Clinton to accuse her rival of being Moscow’s “puppet.”
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MOSCOW — The Russian government had contact with advisers to Donald J. Trump during the American presidential campaign, one of the country’s top diplomats said Thursday.
“There were contacts,” Sergei A. Ryabkov, the deputy foreign minister, was quoted as saying by the Interfax news agency. “We continue to do this and have been doing this work during the election campaign,” he said.
Mr. Ryabkov said officials in the Russian Foreign Ministry were familiar with many people in Mr. Trump’s entourage. “I cannot say that all, but a wide range of them were in touch with Russian representatives,” Mr. Ryabkov said.
Dmitri S. Peskov, spokesman for President Vladimir V. Putin, said Wednesday that there were no plans for a meeting with Mr. Trump in the near future.
Mr. Putin was among the first foreign leaders to congratulate Mr. Trump on his stunning victory, and said he hopes they can work together “to lift Russian-U. S. relations out of the current crisis.”
Mr. Trump’s ties to Russia had been an issue during his bitter campaign against Hillary Clinton. The Obama administration accused Russia of ordering hackers to infiltrate the email servers of the Democratic National Committee and other groups and individuals in an effort to influence the election. Russian officials denied this.
Mr. Putin made no secret of his preference for Mr. Trump, prompting Mrs. Clinton to accuse her rival of being Moscow’s “puppet.”
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