FACT CHECK: Putin again says Russia didn't meddle in US election, despite evidence
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday reaffirmed his staunch denial that his government meddled in the 2016 U.S. presidential election despite the extensive evidence to the contrary, and insisted Moscow has no intention of interfering in any future votes, either.
Putin insisted that"we don't have and never had any plans to interfere in U.S. domestic politics," but added that the Russian government can't stop private citizens from expressing their views about developments in the U.S. online.The president added that Russia had offered to agree on a set of rules regarding modern communications to President Barack Obama's administration and then Trump's White House, but neither was ready to make the deal.
"We aren't building any military bases there, we aren't sending troops there, we have never done that," Putin said."But we have fulfilled our contract obligations in the sphere of military-technical cooperation and we will keep doing that." Putin said"the crisis in Venezuela should be settled by the Venezuelan people," adding that"through dialogue, consultations and cooperation between various political forces, the Venezuelan people themselves must decide whether Mr. Maduro should stay in power or not."
Putin said that while Russia has repeatedly signaled its intention to begin discussions on extending the pact, Washington has been unresponsive.The New START pact, signed in 2010 by Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, limits each country to no more than 1,550 deployed nuclear warheads and 700 deployed missiles and bombers.
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