Foreign reps respond to Kirk disinformation accusations as 'anti-Russian hysteria'

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a plenary session ‘The Polycentric World: Instructions for Use’ of the Valdai International Discussion Club in Sochi, Krasnodar region, Russia. Recent accusations of Russia’s use of disinformation following the murder of Charlie Kirk was chalked up to ‘anti-Russia hysteria,’ said a spokesman for the nation's embassy in Washington, D.C. Photo by Grigory Sysoev/Sputnik via AP

Newsweek
Russia has dismissed claims that it had pushed conspiracy theories following the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk on September 10 at Utah Valley University.

A report by The Associated Press said that bots from Russia, as well as other rivals like China, and Iran, had spread disinformation about Kirk's killing on social networks.

But a spokesman for Russia's embassy in Washington, D.C. dismissed the reports as part of a "pretext to fuel anti-Russian hysteria."

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