Russia reveals it was in contact with Trump AND Clinton's campaign teams during the presidential election after Hillary calls Donald a 'puppet' of Putin 

  • Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said both teams had been in touch
  • Democratic candidate Clinton called Trump a 'puppet' during campaign
  • Talks between the Kremlin and Trump more fruitful than those with Clinton
  • Hillary accused Russia of hacking into her emails, something they denied 

By Gareth Davies For Mailonline

Published: 08:27 EST, 10 November 2016 | Updated: 15:13 EST, 10 November 2016

Russia has revealed it was in contact with both the Trump and Clinton campaign teams during the race for the White House. 

The deputy foreign minister Sergei Ryabkov said there had talk between the Kremlin and both the Republican and Democratic party after Hillary called her opponent a puppet of Vladimir Putin. 

Although it was not revealed what was said, it appears talks with the Trump team were far more fruitful than with the Clinton team, and the Russian parliament erupted on Wednesday when the Republican was sworn in as the 45th President of the United States. 

The deputy foreign minister Sergei Ryabkov (pictured) said there had talk between the Kremlin and both the Republican and Democratic party after Hillary called her opponent a puppet of Vladimir Putin

Mr Ryabkov told the Interfax news agency today, 'there were contacts,' but did not elaborate, and when asked whether talks would now intensify he added: 'These working moments and follow-up on this or that matter will depend on the situation and the questions which face us.

'But we will of course continue this work after the elections.'

The foreign minister said there was also 'sporadic' contact with Clinton's Democratic party, but that it was 'not always productive', according to Bloomberg. 

He said her campaign team did not always immediately return calls.   

During the race to the White House, defeated Democratic presidential contender Hillary Clinton accused Trump of being a 'puppet' of President Vladimir Putin.

U.S. officials also said Russia had hacked into Democratic party emails, something Moscow denied.

Trump has said he might meet Putin before his inauguration, but Putin's spokesman has said there are currently no plans for such a meeting.

Russia has revealed it was in contact with both the Trump and Clinton campaign teams during the race for the White House

Although it was not revealed what was said, it appears talks with the Trump team were far more fruitful than with the Clinton team, and the Russian parliament erupted on Wednesday when the Republican was sworn in as the 45th President of the United States

The Russian parliament erupted in applause on Wednesday when it heard that Trump had been elected and Putin told foreign ambassadors he was ready to fully restore ties with Washington.

Ryabkov was more circumspect in his interview, saying the Russian Foreign Ministry felt no euphoria about the Republican's win even though it wanted to normalise relations with Washington.

Ryabkov said Trump's allies had made some tough statements about Russia during the campaign and that his ministry was therefore not harbouring any rose-tinted hopes.

'We are not expecting anything in particular from the new U.S. administration,' Interfax cited Ryabkov as saying.

Comments 95

Share what you think

  View all

The comments below have not been moderated.

  View all

The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline.

Add your comment

By posting your comment you agree to our house rules.