American officials have been saying for months that Russia is meddling in the U.S. elections. On Friday, Russian President Vladimir Putin called for a truce, proposing the two countries conclude a pact that would guarantee neither nation interferes in the other’s elections. The Russian president’s proposal comes just weeks before the Nov. 3 U.S. presidential election and amid U.S. intelligence and cyber experts’ findings that Moscow has already been undertaking efforts to influence that process. This would include exchanging guarantees of nonintervention into the other’s internal affairs, the Russian president said. Evidence from the U.S. intelligence community and cybersecurity specialists indicate that Moscow is already involved in foul play when it comes to the 2020 presidential vote.

Source: Wall Street Journal September 25, 2020 17:48 UTC