MOSCOW, May 15 — Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Friday rejected allegations by German Chancellor Angela Merkel that Russian hackers had spied on her. “Five years have passed. Not a single concrete fact has been provided,” Lavrov said in a live interview with Russia’s RBK...
German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends the weekly cabinet meeting, as the spread of the coronavirus disease continues, in Berlin, Germany, May 13, 2020. — Reuters pic
“Five years have passed. Not a single concrete fact has been provided,” Lavrov said in a live interview with Russia’sSpeaking in parliament on Wednesday, Merkel voiced frustration that Russia was targeting her in hacking attacks as she tried to build a better relationship with Moscow.Lavrov charged that Berlin had decided Moscow was guilty even though “there are no facts in relation to Russia”.
German media reported that data from Merkel’s email account was among information copied by hackers in 2015 in an attack that also targeted the Bundestag.
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