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russian president vladimir putin has dismissed as <u+201c>hysteria<u+201d> claims by us officials that moscow is trying to influence the upcoming presidential election in america. 




speaking to foreign policy experts during a valdai discussion club meeting in sochi, southern russia on thursday, putin said washington was using russia as a distraction to cover the fact that this year<u+2019>s white house contenders had nothing to offer on real issues. 




<u+201c>hysteria has been whipped up in the united states about the influence of russia over the u.s. presidential election,<u+201d> putin said, adding that so far no clear policies have been offered by the us political elite to tackle issues such as national debt and gun control. 




american officials and intelligence agencies have openly accused the kremlin of sponsoring hacking attacks against the us. 




this is while democratic presidential nominee hillary clinton and her campaign have gone even further, claiming that russia was<u+2026>
us hacking <u+2018>hysteria<u+2019> aimed at distracting voters: putin
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