MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that suggestions the Russian state was linked to high profile ransomware attacks in the United States were absurd and an attempt to stir trouble ahead of his summit this month with U.S. President Joe Biden.
The White House said on Wednesday that Biden, who is due to hold talks with Putin in Geneva on June 16, was expected to discuss the hacking attacks with the Russian leader to see what Moscow could do to prevent such cyber assaults. Putin, speaking on the sidelines of the St Petersburg Economic Forum, told Russia's state TV Channel One that the idea of Russian state involvement was absurd."It's just nonsense, it's funny," said Putin."It's absurd to accuse Russia of this."
"Thank goodness there are people with common sense who are asking this question and are putting the question to those who are trying to provoke a new conflict before our meeting with Biden," said Putin.
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