The United States should provide proof that Russia interfered in its 2016 presidential election, Russian Ambassador to the US Anatoly Antonov has said, days after a seemingly amicable summit between US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin.
“As for interference, to paraphrase a Chinese proverb, one cannot make a tiger of 100 mice. No matter how many accusations, the key demand is to furnish evidence,” the Antonov told reporters on Wednesday.
The Monday meeting between Trump and Putin in the Finnish capital Helsinki was overshadowed by Russia’s alleged interference in the 2016 US presidential election, a conclusion made by all US intelligence agencies following Trump’s surprising victory against his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton in November 2016.
Trump had been specifically asked to push for the extradition of 12 Russian military intelligence officers, who US officials claim orchestrated a series of hacking…