Russia has consistently denied all allegations that it used a mix of social media influence and cyberattacks in 2016 to sway the US presidential elections in favour of Donald Trump.
During the 2018 US midterm election, President Donald Trump personally approved a military cyber operation that blocked internet access for the St.Petersburg-based Internet Research Agency (IRA), NBC News cited multiple sources as saying on Wednesday.
Washington blames Russia for using a mix of social media influence and cyberattacks in 2016 to sway the presidential elections in favour of Donald Trump at the time — something that both the Kremlin and Trump himself have repeatedly denied.