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Russia is still interfering in American politics. This was stated by FBI director James Komi stated at the hearing in the Law Committee of the US Senate, ABCnews reports .
Senator Lindsay Graham, conducting his own investigation about Russia's influence on the elections in the United States, asked Komi about what threat Russia is. “Of course, in my opinion, the greatest threat among all countries on Earth, given its intentions and its possibilities,” the director of the FBI answered.
Komi noted that the investigation of Russian intervention in the election campaign continues, and did not disclose its details. “I think one of the lessons that the Russians could learn from this is working,” the FBI director said nevertheless. However, he categorically eliminated the direct influence of Russia on the process of voting.
On January 7, a declassified version of the report prepared by the CIA, the FBI and the NSA was published. The document stated that Russia's interference in the course of the presidential campaign in the United States was undertaken on Putin’s personal instructions . The goals of Russian intervention was called intelligence undermining the public confidence in the American presidential election, Clinton discrediting and Trump support. “We are firmly confident in these conclusions,” the report was emphasized.
On January 11, Rex Tillerson at a hearing in the Senate, according to his candidacy for the post of Secretary of State, stated that "Russia today poses a threat ." The concern of the actions of Russia, which is expressed by the US allies in NATO, is the future Secretary of State to be justified.
On January 12, James Mattis, then the future Minister of Defense of the United States, at a hearing in the Senate stated that Russia has the greatest threat to world order since the Second World War. With other threats, he called Islamic terrorism and the actions of China in the South China Sea. Mattis also said that together with his subordinates plans to develop a project of strategy for the confrontation of Russia in the world arena.