Russia's highest officials are dismissing accusations that Moscow is trying to sway the US presidential election with cyber attacks.
President Vladimir Putin ridiculed such talk Wednesday as "hysteria."
"Let them prove it," Sergei Lavrov told CNN's Christiane Amanpour, waving off a US vow to retaliate with a "proportional response."
"If they decided to do something, let them do it," Lavrov told Amanpour. "But to say that Russia is interfering in the United States domestic matters is ridiculous."
The Director of National Intelligence -- representing 19 US intelligence agencies -- and the Department of Homeland Security leveled unambiguous charges against Russia on Friday. And the comments from Russia did little to quell the growing criticism of Russia Wednesday from the Obama administration and Hillary Clinton's campaign.
"The kinds of disclosures that we've seen, including at WikiLeaks, of stolen e-mails from people who play an important role in our political process is consistent with Russian- directed efforts," White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said Wednesday.
Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta, whose emails are being published by WikiLeaks, pointed the finger at Russia.
Source: CNN
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