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      Assange denies that Russia leaked emails from US Democratic parties.

      WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange denied in an interview with the American television channel NBC that Russia has any connection to the recent scandal involving the leak of compromising documents from the Democratic Party. According to WikiLeaks, the leaked documents contain information about the strategy of the presumptive Democratic presidential candidate, Hillary Clinton, to defeat her rival in the primaries, Bernie Sanders. Clinton's campaign team suggested that the action may have been ordered by Moscow to favor Republican candidate Donald Trump, who has a more critical stance towards NATO than his Democratic rival. "There is no evidence of this. We do not reveal our source," said Assange.

      WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange denied in an interview with the American television channel NBC that Russia has any connection with the recent scandal involving the leak of compromising documents from the Democratic Party; the released documents contain, according to WikiLeaks, information about the strategy of the presumptive Democratic presidential candidate, Hillary Clinton, to defeat her rival in the primaries, Bernie Sanders; Clinton's campaign team suggested that the action may have been ordered by Moscow to favor Republican candidate Donald Trump, because he has a more critical stance towards NATO than his Democratic rival; "There is no evidence of this. We do not reveal our source," said Assange (Photo: Paulo Emílio)

      Sputnik - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange denied in an interview with the American television channel NBC that Russia has any connection to the recent scandal involving the leak of compromising documents from the Democratic Party.

      Last week WikiLeaks announced the release of 19.252 emails from the Democratic National Committee (DNC), including 8.034 files from senior officials of the Democratic National Committee, the body that governs the party. According to WikiLeaks, the released documents contain information about the strategy of the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, Hillary Clinton, to defeat her primary rival, Bernie Sanders.

      The cyberattack against the Democratic Party, through which the emails were obtained, is being investigated by the FBI.
      Clinton's campaign team tried to deflect attention by suggesting that the cyberattack and the publication of the emails may have been ordered by Moscow to favor Republican candidate Donald Trump, given his more critical stance towards NATO than his Democratic rival.

      "There is no proof of that. We do not reveal our source and, obviously, this is a maneuver to divert attention, to bolster Hillary Clinton's election campaign," Assange declared.

      The accusation was even commented on by the Russian Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov. When approached about the topic by an American journalist, Lavrov simply replied: "I'd rather not use profanity."