U.S. "Interference in the General Election Report" angers Russia and Russia to criticize the U.S. for sanctions

　　The US "Interference in the General Election Report" angers Russia, and Russia denounces the US for making excuses for sanctions

　　[Global Times Special Correspondent in Russia, US Special Correspondent Yin Xinyu, Zheng Ke, Liu Yupeng] On the 16th local time, the US intelligence agency released a "foreign threat report" on the 2020 US presidential election, targeting Russia, Iran and other countries. , Meanwhile said that China did not interfere in the 2020 election in the United States.

Russian Presidential Press Secretary Peskov criticized the U.S. report on the 17th as "making excuses for sanctions."

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Ryabkov said that the relevant allegations have no basis and the content of the report was fabricated for existing conclusions.

Prior to this, the United States had repeatedly accused Russia of interfering in its elections, but they were all refuted by the Russian side.

　　Biden said Putin would "pay the price"

　　According to the Associated Press report on the 17th, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence of the United States released the declassified text of the report "Foreign Threats to the 2020 US Election" on the 16th.

The 15-page report describes the “widespread influence activities” of US adversaries including Russia and Iran. The report stated that US intelligence agencies have found that Russia’s purpose is not limited to “undermining Biden’s prospects for victory and helping Trump's successful re-election" also tried to "undermine American people's confidence in the election process and exacerbate social and political differences in the United States."

　　According to a CNN report on the 17th, the report stated: “Russian President Putin not only knows of Russia’s intervention in the US election, but is likely to directly direct related activities. Intelligence personnel and agents serving the Kremlin are responsible. Spreading false news, by exaggerating Biden and his family’s connections with Ukraine, and discrediting Biden’s suspected corruption, thereby damaging his reputation.” The report stated that Russia did not attempt to directly change the vote, but by influencing Trump’s side. People come to release news that is not conducive to Biden and help Trump re-elect.

The US media also pointed out that the report did not explain how the US intelligence agencies came to the conclusion that Russia has intervened in the 2020 election.

　　According to an ABC report on the 17th, US President Biden said in an exclusive interview on the 16th that he agreed with Putin’s claim that he was a “killer” and that the latter would “pay the price” for interference in the US election.

Biden said that in the call at the end of January, he had sent a warning to Putin, "I know you, and you know me. If I'm sure this (intervention in the election) is true, then you will be prepared." Regarding Biden’s Russia-related remarks, Chairman of the Russian State Duma (lower house of parliament) Volodin stated on social media on the 17th: “Biden’s remarks are harm and insult to the Russian people, and are incompetent caused by incompetence. Performance. Putin is our president, and an attack on him is an attack on our country."

　　The U.S. report also believes that the most active foreign attempt to "weaken" Trump comes from Iran, and Iran has launched a "multi-pronged secret influence campaign" in response to the U.S. election.

Iran’s efforts “are aimed at weakening the prospect of former President Trump’s re-election, undermining the American public’s confidence in the electoral process and the American system, and sowing the seeds of division and increasing social tension in the United States.” However, Iran has not “actively” promoted. Biden won the election.

In addition, Cuba, Venezuela and Lebanese Hezbollah were also "named" in the report, alleging that they were trying to influence the U.S. election, albeit on a "smaller scale."

　　The New York Times said on the 17th that although the report insisted that foreign opponents of the United States were trying to interfere in the U.S. election, it also pointed out that "there is no sign that foreign participants are trying to change any technical aspects of the voting process in the 2020 U.S. election."

　　Russia criticizes the U.S. to make excuses for sanctions

　　According to a report by RIA Novosti on the 17th, in response to the allegations of "interference in the general election" by the United States, Russian Presidential Press Secretary Peskov stated that Russia has nothing to do with any "actions against US presidential candidates."

"We can only point out again with regret that this kind of report is far from high-quality, but is just an excuse for the United States to put new sanctions on the agenda. This line has damaged the already poor Russian-US relations." Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Riyabu Cove said on the same day that the US intelligence agency claimed that Russia had interfered in the US 2020 election. This was another disclosure of false information without any basis. The content of the report was fabricated for existing conclusions.

He pointed out that the wording in the report is vague, and this deliberate inaccuracies has been used as a basis for threats to take actual sanctions.

Ryabkov said: "Since 2011, we have experienced more than 90 sanctions of various types. The United States' enthusiasm for sanctions policy has continued unabated. There is no doubt that this line will continue to be implemented. We look at this. It’s like looking at bad weather."

　　In response to the report issued by the US intelligence agency, Nikita Danyuk, deputy director of the Institute of Strategic Research and Forecasting of the People’s Friendship University of Russia, believes that the US Democratic Party will work hard to strengthen the “anti-Russian” line in its foreign policy and expand it. The pressure of sanctions on Russia.

For this, the U.S. Democratic Party needs to constantly look for reasons.

Member of the Russian Federation Council Alexei Pushkov said that the US intelligence services are operating on the basis of the concept of pornographic news, spreading rumors to the United States and the world.

　　Acknowledge that China has not interfered in the US election

　　It is worth mentioning that one of the conclusions of the U.S. report is that China has not taken any action to affect the results of the U.S. election.

"After evaluation, we believe that China has not intervened or adopted any influencing measures aimed at changing the results of the US presidential election." The evaluation report stated that the US intelligence agencies "have very confidence in this judgment."

The report analyzes that China is trying to maintain a stable relationship with the United States, and the two parties in the previous election in the United States have reached a consensus on the issue of confronting China. No matter who comes to power, there will not be much room for “pro-China”. Therefore, as far as China is concerned, the potential benefits of interfering in the US election cannot offset the risks and costs of this move.

　　The report also mentioned that there have been certain differences among US intelligence agencies on the judgment of whether China is trying to weaken Trump's influence.

Some people believe that China has “at least taken some actions”, trying to use social media and official media to respond to Trump’s China policy, trying to “indirectly affect its election performance”.

However, the committee that wrote the report believes that this analysis lacks a reliable basis.