Putin Denies Intention to Wage a War or Compete with US

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Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump "both insist on their priority as national interest" in worldwide relations.

When asked if Russian Federation had interfered, Putin said, "Read my lips, no", in response. They are used for domestic American political agendas. The United States diplomats are allowed to interact freely with representatives of major Russian organizations and government, Putin said, but the Russian ambassadors are given no such leeway.

Kushner is expected to give voluntary testimony to the Senate Intelligence Committee. "We further assess Putin and the Russian government developed a clear preference for President-elect Trump", the Office of the Director of National Intelligence report said.

"We know well that this tool was used at the start of the so-called Arab Spring, what this led to, and what bloodshed happened in the region", Mr Putin said, in his first comments on the weekend street protests.

Russia hopes to build good relations with the United States, and attempts to damage bilateral diplomatic relations are a mistake, Russian President Vladimir Putin said here Thursday.

During a visit to the Arctic islands of Alexandra Land on Wednesday, Putin said the zone was one of Russia's biggest sources of raw materials.

Giving evidence Clint Watts, a former Federal Bureau of Investigation agent, told Senator Marco Rubio, who sits on the committee, that his own presidential campaign had been damaged. The work involved pushing the interests of the Russian president, AP reported, citing sources.

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While threatening further strikes, the USA envoy also said it was time to press on with a political solution to the six-year war. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said the Assad regime must be brought into line after last week's chemical gas attack.

"Is it friendly?" Peskov said of these actions.

Putin also downplayed a meeting between Jared Kushner - Trump's son-in-law and close adviser - and Sergey Gorkov, chairman of the Russian state development bank VneshEconomBank, which has been under USA sanctions since July 2014.

Ryan continued: 'The world's super power, the American government needs to do everything we possibly cannot only to undercut what they're trying to do but to uncover what they're trying to do and help our allies prevent it from happening'. Mark Warner said Putin "ordered a deliberate campaign carefully constructed to undermine our election".

Putin said that the authorities were systematically pressing for struggle against corruption.

Finnish President Sauli Niinisto, whose country is set to take the rotating leadership in the Arctic Council in May, responded that he would be honoured to host such a meeting.

"We have a lot of things to discuss in economy, security and regional conflicts".

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