WASHINGTON, D.C.: Russian President Vladimir Putin said hackers trying to influence last year’s US election could have been from anywhere, questioning findings by American intelligence that Russia was behind the operation, according to an interview aired Friday.

“Hackers can be anywhere. They can be in Russia, in Asia... even in America, Latin America,” he told NBC News, which previewed an interview with the Russian leader that will be broadcast in full on Sunday.

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