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Al Jazeera

Russia rejects links to bomb scares at polling places in key US states

A Russian and US national flag, as seen in Moscow, Russia, on Tuesday [Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP Photo]

Moscow has described as “malicious slander” reports that fake bomb threats directed at polling locations in four battleground states in the United States election – Georgia, Michigan, Arizona and Wisconsin – originated from Russian email domains and were part of an interference operation.

Several polling sites targeted by the scares in Georgia were briefly evacuated on Tuesday.

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