Russia has admitted 'surgical' interference in US elections - after years of denials
Yevgeny Prigozhin, a businessman and mercenary boss who has been charged in the US with trying to sow discord ahead of the 2016 presidential election, said Russian hackers would continue in their efforts to distort US democracy.
Mr Prigozhin's admission comes after years of Russian denials that their hackers had tried to meddle in American elections. Meanwhile former Republican president Donald Trump, often considered a beneficiary of interference in 2016, is widely expected to launch a new run at the White House on November 14.
Intelligence officials investigating the whereabouts of the attackers believe the programme was used from a location in Russia but the country denies any involvement
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