Vladimir Putin denies Alexei Navalny assassination attempt, cyber crime

Saying, “I’m surprised we have not yet been accused of provoking the Black Lives Matter movement,” Russian President Vladimir Putin brushed off serious accusations made by the U.S. against Russia, including election interference, cyber crime and the detention and attempted assassination of dissident Alexei Navalny.

Ahead of his summit Wednesday with President Biden in Geneva, the Russian leader told NBC News that American allegations that Russian hackers or the Kremlin itself were behind cyberattacks in the US were “farcical.” “We have been accused of all kinds of things,” Putin told the network. “Election interference, cyberattacks and so on and so forth. And not once, not once, not one time, did they bother to produce any kind of evidence or proof. Just unfounded accusations.”