Putin Says That Jews ‘With Russian Citizenship’ May be Behind U.S. Election Meddling (Source Newsweek)

Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Jews may be behind alleged meddling in the U.S. presidential election.

In an interview, Putin was asked by NBC’s Megyn Kelly whether he condoned the electoral interference by 13 Russians named in an indictment by Special Counsel Robert Mueller. “Maybe they are not even Russians but Ukrainians, Tatars or Jews, but with Russian citizenship, which should also be checked; maybe they have dual citizenship of a green card; maybe the U.S. paid them for this. How can you know that? I do not know either,” he said. He said he was indifferent to the indictment. “It’s all the same to me. To me it absolutely makes no difference because they do not represent the government,” Putin answered, according to the Russian-language interview transcript posted by the Kremlin.

In the interview, Putin went on to say that Russia had neither the tools nor the will to meddle in elections. “First, we have principles whereby we do not allow others to interfere in our domestic affairs and do not get into the affairs of others. Secondly, we don’t have this quantity of tools,” he said.