Russian says the United States is crudely trying to recruit Russian nationals to act as its agents.
During a conference call to comment on a report in the New York Times, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in Moscow that this showed Washington was meddling in Russian affairs.
He said the F.B.I. and U.S. Justice Department had tried unsuccessfully to recruit Russian aluminum tycoon Oleg Deripaska as an informer between 2014 and 2016.
