Russia dismisses US report as 'unfounded'

MOSCOW - The Kremlin has dismissed a new report by US Senate Democrats describing Russian interference in the United States and throughout Europe as unfounded and President Vladimir Putin accused the United States of "aggressive" overreaction.

The 200-page report commissioned by US Senator Ben Cardin of Maryland, the top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, is the first from Congress to detail alleged Russian efforts to undermine democracies since the 2016 US election.

Commenting on the report, Putin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said: "The accusations of alleged meddling leveled against our country are absolutely unfounded".