Putin about cyber attacks: from the United States you can expect anything

President Vladimir Putin responded to the statement of US Vice President Joseph Biden that Washington can, if necessary, organize a cyber attack on Russia, RIA Novosti reports .

“Well, anything can be expected from our American friends. What did he say so new? Do we not know that the US official organs are spying on and eavesdropping at everyone? This is well known to everyone for a long time, it is no secret, and there are enough evidence of this, billions of dollars are spent on this - the CIA works, the NSA works, other services, ”Putin said.

According to him, "there are evidence and recognition." “Moreover, they monitor not only their potential opponents, in any case, for those whom they consider to be such, but also their allies, including the closest ... So what is new here? Nothing. The only novelty that for the first time at such a high level the United States recognizes: the first - that they are doing this, and the second - to a certain extent threaten, which, of course, does not comply with international communication. Well, apparently, they are a little nervous, ”Putin said.

Earlier, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Ryabkov said that in Moscow they were concerned about the threats of Washington. “For us, this is all anxious and causes great concern, because Russia has turned into a map that is played out in the election struggle of the Americans,” Ryabkov said.

The day before, the press secretary of the Russian president Dmitry Peskov commented on the promise of the United States at the right time to respond to hacker attacks on the US Democratic Party and the NBC information about the upcoming American operation against Moscow in cyberspace.