Russia: America is looking for a cyber attack in the presidential election

Even before the Russian attack on Ukraine on February 24, 2022, relations between Moscow and Washington were strained due to what was called Russian interference in the 2016 US presidential election. The attack of the media close to the Democrats on Russia due to the victory of Trump in the elections of that year has finally made Moscow and Washington have a pessimistic view of the future interference of the two sides in their elections.

According to TeleTrader, Russia announced today (Monday) the US plans to interfere in the presidential elections of this country.

Accordingly, the Russian foreign intelligence service known as SVR today issued a statement announcing that based on the information obtained, it has been informed that the United States is planning to carry out a cyber attack on the Russian remote election system during the presidential election process. is a republic

The Russian presidential election will be held from March 15 to 17, and the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service believes that this cyber attack will be carried out during this period.

The statement of this intelligence agency states: This attack is carried out with the presence of American IT specialists, during which the main goal is to prevent the counting of votes of a significant part of Russian voters.

The organization also accused the Biden administration of seeking to reduce Russian voter turnout in the upcoming elections with the help of non-governmental organizations. This action is carried out with the opposition of the Russian government in cyberspace, during which they want Russian voters to boycott participation in the elections.

So far, the American authorities have not reacted to the statement published by the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service. However, Washington and Moscow have repeatedly accused each other of trying to interfere in each other’s election process. International Europe and America