Russian politician on consequence of Mueller report

(25 Mar 2019) A Russian politician has said that the world no longer "has the right" to accuse Russia of interference in the US presidential elections.
Speaking to The Associated Press from his office in Moscow on Monday, Vladimir Zhirinovsky, leader of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia, said US President Donald Trump had the potential to win a second term and work to improve the relationship between Russia and the US.
"But they will continue to do something from other positions. Now, they'll accuse (us) of meddling in the Ukrainian elections, and the European parliament elections," the politician added.
His comments came after special counsel Robert Mueller found no evidence Trump's campaign "conspired or coordinated" with Russia to influence the 2016 presidential election but reached no conclusion on whether Trump obstructed justice.
That brought a hearty claim of vindication from Trump but set the stage for new rounds of political and legal fighting.
Still, 34 people, including six Trump aides and advisers, were charged in the investigation.
Twenty-five are Russians accused of election interference either through hacking into Democratic accounts or orchestrating a social media campaign to spread disinformation on the internet.
Russian authorities over the past months have portrayed the Mueller probe as a witch hunt against Trump and a tool of the Democratic Party to fan the flames of the anti-Russian sentiment in the U.S.

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