Russian President Vladimir Putin has rounded on US critics of his summit with President Donald Trump.
Certain forces in the US wanted to sacrifice US-Russian ties for their “narrow party interests”, he told a meeting of Russian diplomats in Moscow.
“They are feeding millions of their people stories,” he said.
Mr Trump has faced fierce criticism for contradicting his own intelligence agencies by refusing to blame Russia for meddling in the 2016 election.
He later said he had misspoken at the summit, but accusations he has taken too soft a line on Russia have not gone away.
