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The two leaders had three brief conversations in Vietnam
President Vladimir Putin feels insulted by allegations of Russian interference in the 2016 US election, Donald Trump has said after meeting him briefly at an Asia-Pacific summit in Vietnam.
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Mr. Putin later dismissed the allegations as" political infighting "
The US intelligence community has already concluded that Russia tried to sway the poll in favor of Mr. Trump.
The US justice department has appointed special investigator Robert Mueller to examine any possible collusion involving Mr. Trump's team, and legal action has (19459014)
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President Trump has refuse d to acknowledge a report by the CIA and other intelligence agencies that Russia was behind the hacking of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) in the run-up to last year's presidential election.
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The presidential campaign was fiercely contested
The contents of the emails, passed to Wikileaks and posted online, were embarrassing to the Democrats and shook up the presidential campaign, which ended in defeat for Hillary Clinton.
to the Mueller inquiry, congressional committees have been set up to carry out their own investigations.
Relations between the US and Russia have been strained for years, with the Kremlin long accusing Washington of seeking to sway elections in Russia and other ex-Soviet states including Ukraine and Georgia.
While Russian hackers are widely suspected of involvement, there have been no conclusive links to the Kremlin.
Denying that Russia had tried to interfere last year by fostering contacts with Mr Trump's campaign, Mr Putin told reporters in Vietnam: "Everything about the so-called Russian dossier in the US is a manifestation of a continuing domestic political struggle."
What does Mr. Trump say to the allegations?
He said he believed Mr. Putin had been "very insulted by" the allegations and that was "not a good thing" for America.
" He [Putin] said he did not meddle, "he added. "I asked him again."
Mr Trump has consistently denied any collusion with Russia during the election campaign, at one point tweeting: "Can you imagine if the election results were the opposite? WE tried to play the Russia / CIA card It would be called conspiracy theory! "
How did the two presidents get on in Vietnam?
Mr. Trump and Mr. Putin met for the first time in July at a G20 summit in the German city of Hamburg. In 19679013] However, they had no formal bilateral meeting, with Mr. Putin blaming it on scheduling.
However, they had no formal bilateral meeting, with Mr Putin blaming it on scheduling and protocol.
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Mr Putin said he regretted that his talks with Mr. Trump were too brief
They had warm words for each other, with the US president talking of their mutual "very good feeling" and the Russian leader describing his counterpart as "well-mannered ... and comfortable to deal with "
They did manage to sign off a statement vowing to continue the battle against so-called Islamic State in Syria until the militants are defeated and calling for a political solution to the conflict.
How far has the US justice department investigation progressed?
He tested that Russian nationals had contacted him in an attempt to gain influence with the Trump campaign, offering "dirt" in the form of "thousands of emails "on Mrs. Clinton in April 2 016 - two months before the DNC emails were leaked.
On Saturday, Mr Putin brushed aside US media reports that a woman was incorrectly identified by Mr. Papadopoulos as the Russian president's offer to help broker meetings with Kremlin officials.
"I do not know anything about it and I think it is just some fantasies, "Mr Putin said.
Mr Trump's former campaign manager, Paul Manafort, and associate were also under house arrest on charges of money laundering as a result of the Mueller inquiry,
