Vladimir Putin Claims He Doesn't Want Russia And US To Meddle In Each Other's Elections

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday called for an agreement on cyber relations with the United States and requested that the two countries not influence each other's elections.

Putin proposed "exchanging guarantees of non-interference in each other's internal affairs, including electoral processes, including using information and communication technologies and high-tech methods," Reuters reported.

"One of the main strategic challenges of our time is the risk of a large-scale confrontation in the digital sphere," Putin said.

Russian has a long history of interfering in the political affairs of the U.S. and other countries. U.S. intelligence agencies concluded that Russia deliberately meddled in the 2016 presidential election with the goal of getting Donald Trump elected.

Moscow denies the allegations but intelligence agencies found Russia had used fake social media accounts to spread disinformation.

Even with mounting evidence against Moscow, Putin proposed that Russia and the U.S. should agree to combat and prevent major cyberspace incidents.

"We would like to once again appeal to the United States with a proposal to approve a comprehensive program of practical measures to reset our relations in the use of information and communication technologies," he said.

Putin also called for the two countries to fully restore communication lines between their respective agencies to discuss key international information.

Russia has denied allegations of attempting to interfere in the 2020 U.S. presidential election despite clear evidence.

Facebook announced on Thursday that it has removed several hundred fake accounts linked to Russian military intelligence and other Kremlin-backed actors involved in efforts to interfere in U.S. politics.

Nathaniel Gleicher, Facebook's head of security policy, said in a blog post “we removed three separate networks for violating our policy against foreign or government interference which is coordinated inauthentic behavior (CIB) on behalf of a foreign or government entity. These networks originated in Russia.”

The Washington Post also gained access to a "top-secret CIA assessment" which argued that Putin is most likely continuing to approve and interference operations aimed at raising Trump’s re-election chances.