Moscow slams US for ‘fabricating’ election indictment: foreign ministry

Moscow (AFP) – Moscow on Saturday condemned Washington for indicting a Russian woman for interfering in 2018 elections, saying the accusations were fabricated in order to impose further sanctions on Russia.

“We understand that Washington is fabricating a pretext in order to impose its notorious sanctions once more against our country,” deputy foreign minister Sergei Ryabkov was quoted as saying in a statement.