MOSCOW: Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov rejected assertions by France’s president Emmanuel Macron that Russia would malevolently target the Paris Olympics this summer, calling them absolutely unfounded.
Peskov also denied a claim by the Czech Republic’s transport minister Martin Kupka, who told the Financial Times that Russia had been trying to sabotage the European Union’s railway networks through a large-scale hacking campaign.
“These are absolutely unfounded accusations in both the first and second cases. They are often heard, but they are never supported by any adequate evidence or argumentation. We absolutely do not accept such accusations,” Peskov said today.
Macron expressed confidence yesterday that Russia would try to target the Olympics and named the information sphere as one possible area for interference.