Millions of americans after hacking the yahoo account. Lets not talk about them like criminals. Reporter the consul general in San Francisco Sergey Petrov would go no further. Not even to say russia would hand over the two intelligence agents if found guilty. He was adamant, though, that russia had no influence in the november u. S. Elections. As far as i know, my government approached the u. S. Government requesting this evidence and we never received anything. Reporter he is cautiously optimistic that under President Trump the relationship between the two countries will improve. He insists that under president obama things deteriorated. Towards the end of his administration, mr. Obama ordered the expulsion of some Russian Diplomats in the united states, including a few from the San Francisco office. I wouldnt use word offended. I would use a word disappointed. Reporter there is a large russianspeaking community in San Francisco concerned about whats happening between the two countrie
Tensions escalate internationally, im kristen. Im dan ashley. The operatives behind the cyber attack are increasing levels of distrust between the two countries. The issue has been deepening. Abc reporter spoke with the consum Russian Federation in San Francisco. She joins us live in the newsroom. Leeann . The consul general called all these allegations of hacking and then, of course, posting things on wikileaks, he called them, quote, ridiculous fantasy. Now, he told me these accusations only make both countries move further apart. Now, russia, he says, doesnt want to go back to the days of the cold war. Until they are Proven Guilty in the court of law. Reporter thats the russian consul general responding that the agency filed criminal charges against two russian intelligence agents and hackers worker for them. They sold private information of millions of americans after hacking the yahoo account. Lets not talk about them like criminals. Reporter the consul general in San Francisco Se