He said he had suspected a link to American domestic politics: “If my guesses are confirmed, then that raises the suspicion that somebody in the United States purposefully created this conflict with the aim of aggravating the situation and creating an advantage . . . for one of the candidates in the battle for the post of US president.” Putin did not say which party or candidate. White House Press Secretary Dana Perino said Putin’s contentions were “patently false” and “not rational.”
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