In his speech, Zeldin said that Russia allegedly "interfered in elections in the United States."

“It is also an indisputable truth that the Ukrainians interfered in the 2016 elections,” he said.

According to the congressman, the former Ukrainian ambassador to the United States Valery Chaly was involved in the "intervention".

In October, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said that he should wait for new accusations of interference from the United States in connection with the upcoming presidential election in the United States in 2020.