Moscow hopes that anti-Russian “hysteria” in Washington will come to an end, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told the CNN broadcaster in an interview aired on Sunday.
Earlier in March, Senator Richard Blumenthal said that appointing a special prosecutor for the probe into alleged Russian interference in the US election and ties to the President Donald Trump campaign was critical for the integrity of the Justice Department.
According to a recent CNN/ORC poll, 65 percent of the respondents (82 percent of Democrats and 43 percent of Republicans) support the idea of appointing a special prosecutor to investigate these issues.
Dmitry Peskov, spokesman for Russian President Vladimir Putin, told CNN last week that “hysteria in official Washington and in the American media” is harming relations between the two nations.
Allegations that Russia hacked American institutions are false, Peskov said in an interview, and it's "high time for someone in the States to think, 'Are we that weak that a country can interfere in our domestic affairs and influence our electoral system?'
Peskov insisted Russia is not meddling in American politics.
"We don't have the slightest intention to interfere," he said. "The only thing I can tell you is that all this hysteria and public opinion, hysteria in official Washington and hysteria in American media, this is doing lots of harm to the future of our bilateral relations."
The United States is "global player number one," Peskov said, and Russia seeks a relationship with a stable government.
Peskov said he's disappointed Russia has become such a political issue in the United States.
“We're really sorry about the situation that we are facing now. It is emotional extremism, of trying to make a toxic country out of Russia, to make a toxic … ambassador out of Russia's ambassador,” he said.
