Donald Trump
The President of the United States Donald trump did not talk with Russian President Vladimir Putin about the alleged collusion with militants of the terrorist Taliban (banned in Russia). About this American leader said in an interview with the publication Axios.
“I never talked to him about it,” — said the head of state on the question of the journalist. Trump said that he spoke with the Russian leader on other topics, and said that information about cooperation of the Russian side with the Taliban, “many are called fake news.”
Telephone conversation between leaders of the two countries was held on 23 July. The parties discussed the issue of strategic stability and arms control and the role of Moscow and Washington to maintain international peace.
As the newspaper notes, from the moment when intelligence reported to the head of U.S. suspicions about Russia, trump and Putin spoke at least eight times. The presidential administration, contrary to such information in the media, claims that trump was not aware of what is happening until the end of June.
The New York Times on 26 June, citing intelligence reported that the Russian military intelligence secretly offered to pay for the killing of American soldiers in Afghanistan. Thus, Moscow allegedly wanted to disrupt the peace negotiations, the U.S. and the Taliban, says the publication.
In Russia, accusations are called unfounded. The accuracy of the information was difficult to confirm and various American agencies: not all of the U.S. intelligence community believes the evidence is sufficiently convincing.
