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<\/a>\u201cThis is his job,\u201d said Mr Peskov, speaking on CNN\u2019s Sunday morning politics show. \u201cHe was talking about bilateral relations, about what is going on in the United States, so we have a better understanding in Moscow.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is what happens all around the world.\u201d<\/p>\n
H<\/span>e said that members of Mrs Clinton\u2019s team had also met with Mr Kislyak,\u00a0although he did not give specifics.<\/p>\n \u201cWell, if you look at some people connected with Hillary Clinton during her campaign, you would probably see that he had lots of meetings of that kind,\u201d he said. \u201cThere are lots of specialists in politology, people working in think tanks advising Hillary or advising people working for Hillary.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n B<\/span>ut earlier this month Foreign Policy<\/em> reported that no one from the former secretary of state’s campaign met<\/a> with Mr Kislyak or any other Russian official. The magazine also reported that all the other candidates kept the embassy “at arm’s length”.<\/p>\n And supporters of Mrs Clinton would point out that the problem did not come from meeting the ambassador, but rather failing to disclose it<\/a>.<\/p>\n Mr Peskov said Moscow was upset about the cloud of suspicion. Mr Trump\u2019s administration has been\u00a0dogged by a continued\u00a0stream of reports about\u00a0ties to Russia<\/a>, which has infuriated the president and energised his opponents.<\/p>\n \u201cThe fact that Russia is being demonised in that sense comes very strange to us,\u201d said Mr Peskov.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd we are really sorry about that. Because the whole issue takes us away from getting the situation to a better position.<\/p>\n \u201cQuite unexpectedly, we were in the position where Russia became, shall we say, a nightmare for the United States.<\/p>\n \u201cYou are self-humiliating yourself to say that a country can intervene.<\/p>\n \u201cAmerica, a huge country \u2013\u00a0the most powerful country in the world, with very, very stable political traditions \u2013\u00a0and you say that a country can easily intervene and easily influence your electoral process? This is simply impossible.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n