McFaul: Putin helps Trump to win

Former US ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul said that Russia's alleged intervention in the US presidential campaign proved to be successful, after preliminary results showed Donald Trump's victory.

"Putin intervened in our elections and succeeded. Молодец," he posted in his Twitter account, but later deleted the tweet. The last word was written in Russian.

Earlier in October, the Department of Homeland Security and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence issued a statement blaming the Russian government for stealing and disclosing information on US political parties and individuals tied to the November elections.

In late October, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Western claims of Russian interference in the US presidential campaign were a mythical problem and hysteria.