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Russian diplomat: there were contacts with Trump's campaign
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Two women look at their cell phones in front of portraits of US President-elect Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin (right) as they arrive at the Union Jack pub in Moscow, Russia, to watch a live telecast of the US presidential election on Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2016. (AP/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
A top Russian diplomat says Moscow had contacts with the campaign of Donald Trump ahead of his election as US president.
Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov was quoted as telling the Interfax news agency Thursday that "there were contacts" with influential people in Trump's circle. "I don't say that all of them, but a whole array of them, supported contacts with Russian representatives."
The report did not give further details.
Trump's relations with Russia were one of the most contentious issues of the campaign, especially in light of his favorable remarks about President Vladimir Putin as a strong leader, and persistent contention by his opponents that Russia was responsible for hackers purloining E-mails from the Democratic National Committee and Hillary Clinton's campaign staff.
