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Russia poked fun at allegations it interfered in the vote with a jokey phone message

THE Russians have been poking fun at claims they interfered with the US election in a hilarious April Fools Day prank.

The Russian Foreign Ministry decided to get in on the annual joke by posting an audio recording of a new automated phone service which offers to direct callers to hackers and election interference.

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The recording, posted on its Facebook page this morning, said it would be the new answering message for Russian diplomats calling from abroad.

It comes a day after a US senator claimed Russia hired 1,000 trolls to deliberately create fake news about Hillary Clinton in the lead-up to the US election in November.

The jokey message said:To arrange a call from a Russian diplomat to your political opponent, press one.

To use the services of Russian hackers, press two and to request election interference, press three.

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A spokesman for the ministry confirmed the post was an official joke as part of April Fools Day, reports the Daily Mail.

On Thursday Russian President Vladimir Putin fiercely denied interfering in the US elections by quoting former US President George H.W. Bush.

Speaking at the International Arctic Forum on a panel moderated by CNBC, he said: Watch my lips, no. All those things are fictional, illusory and provocations, lies.

All these are used for domestic American political agendas.

"The anti-Russian card is played by different political forces inside the United States to trade on that and consolidate their positions inside.

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"We said on numerous occasions and I reiterate that we are confident And know for sure that opinion polls in the Unites States show that very many people are friendly towards the Russian Federation and I'd like to tell these people that we perceive and regard the United States as a great power with which we want to establish good partnership relations."

Despite his insistence, the US intelligence community believes there was an interference in October last year.

A probe into Donald Trump's alleged links with Russian associates will be launched on Wednesday.

Spy expert Clinton Watts has urged US lawmakers to follow the trail of dead Russians to uncover what really happened during the presidential election.

And sacked Trump adviser Michael Flynn's lawyer said he has "a story to tell" and will testify over the Presidents alleged Russia links in exchange for immunity from prosecution, his lawyer has said.

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