U.S. lawmakers accuse Russia of seeking to influence U.S. electionWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top Democrats on the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives intelligence committees accused Russia on Thursday of trying to influence the Nov. 8 U.S. election via computer hacking, and called on President Vladimir Putin to order a halt. “Based on briefings we have received, we have concluded that the Russian intelligence agencies are making a serious and concerted effort to influence the U.S. election,” Senator Dianne Feinstein and Representative Adam Schiff said in an unusually strongly worded joint statement. Officials in the administration of President Barack Obama have said they concluded that Russia or its proxies were responsible for hacking political party organizations. The government has not publicly blamed Russia. Russia has denied it sponsors or encourages any hacking activity. The lawmakers said the Russian effort was intended to sow doubt about the security of the U.S. election, and that the orders for intelligence agencies to conduct such actions could come only from “very senior levels” of the Moscow government. “We call on President Putin to immediately order a halt to this activity. Americans will not stand for any foreign government trying to influence our election. We hope all Americans will stand together and reject the Russian effort,” the statement said. U.S. relations with Russia have had a high profile in campaigning for the Nov. 8 election, in which the White House, one third of the Senate seats and all the House seats are up for grabs. Donald Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, has been criticized by Democrats - and some Republicans - for his praise of Putin. politicsNews
lawmakers accuse russia seeking influence electionwashington reuters the top democrats senate house representatives intelligence committees accused russia thursday trying influence election via computer hacking called president vladimir putin order halt based briefings received concluded russian intelligence agencies making serious concerted effort influence election senator diane einstein representative adam chief said unusually strongly worded joint statement officials administration president barack obama said concluded russia proxies responsible hacking political party organizations the government publicly blamed russia russia denied sponsors encourages hacking activity the lawmakers said russian effort intended sow doubt security election orders intelligence agencies conduct actions could come senior levels moscow government we call president putin immediately order halt activity americans stand foreign government trying influence election we hope americans stand together reject russian effort statement said relations russia high profile campaigning election white house one third senate seats house seats grabs donald trump republican presidential nominee criticized democrats republicans praise putin politicsnews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: U.S. lawmakers accuse Russia of seeking to influence U.S. electionWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top Democrats on the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives intelligence committees accused Russia on Thursday of trying to influence the Nov. 8 U.S. election via computer hacking, and called on President Vladimir Putin to order a halt. “Based on briefings we have received, we have concluded that the Russian intelligence agencies are making a serious and concerted effort to influence the U.S. election,” Senator Dianne Feinstein and Representative Adam Schiff said in an unusually strongly worded joint statement. Officials in the administration of President Barack Obama have said they concluded that Russia or its proxies were responsible for hacking political party organizations. The government has not publicly blamed Russia. Russia has denied it sponsors or encourages any hacking activity. The lawmakers said the Russian effort was intended to sow doubt about the security of the U.S. election, and that the orders for intelligence agencies to conduct such actions could come only from “very senior levels” of the Moscow government. “We call on President Putin to immediately order a halt to this activity. Americans will not stand for any foreign government trying to influence our election. We hope all Americans will stand together and reject the Russian effort,” the statement said. U.S. relations with Russia have had a high profile in campaigning for the Nov. 8 election, in which the White House, one third of the Senate seats and all the House seats are up for grabs. Donald Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, has been criticized by Democrats - and some Republicans - for his praise of Putin. politicsNews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: lawmakers accuse russia seeking influence electionwashington reuters the top democrats senate house representatives intelligence committees accused russia thursday trying influence election via computer hacking called president vladimir putin order halt based briefings received concluded russian intelligence agencies making serious concerted effort influence election senator diane einstein representative adam chief said unusually strongly worded joint statement officials administration president barack obama said concluded russia proxies responsible hacking political party organizations the government publicly blamed russia russia denied sponsors encourages hacking activity the lawmakers said russian effort intended sow doubt security election orders intelligence agencies conduct actions could come senior levels moscow government we call president putin immediately order halt activity americans stand foreign government trying influence election we hope americans stand together reject russian effort statement said relations russia high profile campaigning election white house one third senate seats house seats grabs donald trump republican presidential nominee criticized democrats republicans praise putin politicsnews