“We have determined that two foreign actors - Iran and Russia - have taken concrete actions to influence public opinion in connection with our elections ... We have confirmed that Iran and separately from it Russia received some information on voter registration,” quoted by RIA Novosti Ratcliffe.
He added that "this data could be used by foreign actors to try to communicate information to registered voters that they hope will create doubt, wreak havoc and undermine your confidence in our elections."
In April, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that Moscow "foresees and already senses" a new wave of accusations of "interference" in the American elections.
The press secretary of the Russian president Dmitry Peskov emphasized that Russia has never interfered in electoral processes in any country in the world.
Also at the end of September, Russian leader Vladimir Putin offered the United States to exchange guarantees of non-interference in each other's internal affairs, including electoral processes.