Russian businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin, a close ally of President Vladimir Putin, admitted in an interview published Monday that Moscow interfered in the US election and will continue to do so. This is the first time a senior figure has made this information public.
“We’ve already intervened, we’re intervening, and we’re going to continue to do so. Precisely, precisely, surgically, the way we know how,” his company wrote on Concord’s account. VK social network.
The Russian is one of those sanctioned by Washington for his role in meddling in the 2016 presidential election.
Also Monday, the New York Times, quoting Internet Research Agency sources, said that fake accounts used by Russians to interfere in previous elections were reactivated on social media to target Democrats and current president Joe Biden.
However, the main focus in the posts is not home affairs, but the multibillion-dollar aid packages for Ukraine announced by Biden in the last few months. These sources also reported that the attacks were linked to Prigozhin.
Russian Lower House Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin said the Kremlin “did not interfere” in elections in other countries and that Democrats accused Moscow of “justifying its defeat in the midterm elections”.
The reference comes from the election this Tuesday (8), when Americans will go to the polls to renew Congress. The election, called the “midterms,” should define what the next two years of the Biden government will look like in project and law negotiations.
Election polls show that the Republican Party should win the polls due to rising inflation and economic problems in the country.
Currently, the House of Representatives holds the majority of the Democratic Party.
The Senate lives in a draw, but since the speaker of the House is Kamala Harris, the vice president, she manages to pass the projects with the unanimous vote of the senators of the presidential party.
Some states will also elect their new governors in another power clash between the two political acronyms.
In addition, the election should still demonstrate the power that former President Donald Trump has in the states. According to US media, he may announce whether he will run again in the 2024 elections, even after the polls.
source: Noticias
