Russian President Vladimir Putin castigated NBC News he “couldn’t care less” if citizens of his country meddled in the 2016 U.S. elections because they were not tie-in to the Kremlin.
In an interview with NBC, Putin denied U.S. charges that he was behind the difficulty in the elections which resulted in Donald Trump becoming President.
“Why must you decided the Russian authorities, myself included, gave anybody licence to do this?” asked Putin in the interview.
Last month, a federal stately jury has indicted 13 Russian nationals and three Russian organisms for alleged illegal interference in the 2016 presidential elections, during which they strongly supported the candidacy of Trump, close counsel Robert Mueller’s office.
“So what if they’re Russians?” Putin answered of the indictment. “There are 146 million Russians. So what? … I don’t trouble. I couldn’t care less. … They do not represent the interests of the Russian confirm.”
Read the full NBC News story here.