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Election in russia. where she denounced the election as rigged. and she has said, and i think there's a fair bit of evidence to back it up, that he had it in for her. now, that said, i'm not sure any of this changed the election result in any significant way. >> another element of all of this. one other major reason the united states is pushing back on russia is what american officials claim as, quote, a pattern of harassment against diplomats working overseas that has escalated, particularly over the last calendar year. according to the state department, it includes arbitrary police assaults ...

On the 6th of june, an accredited u.s. diplomat who identified himself in accordance with embassy protocols entering the american embassy compound was attacked by a russian policeman. the action was unprovoked and it endangered the safety of our employee. the russian claim the policeman was protecting the embassy from an unidentified individual is simply untrue. it's time for russia to treat our diplomats with the, you know, in the same manner in which they're treated here when they come to the united states. >> state department spokesman, john kirby, back in july, talking about an incident fr...

Which is making its way around the internet, is from the russian ambassador's residence in the uk, yeah? >> that's right. here in london we're seeing a lame duck, a picture of a duck with the words lame written over it. that's cute, until you realize this is an official communique from the russian foreign ministry. >> matt bradley safe and sound in our london bureau. thank you for that. one of the major reasons the u.s. is pushing back on russia is, quote, a pattern of harassment against diplomats working overseas that's escalated, particularly over the last calendar year. according to the s...