Trump padding Russians outside White House

washington - The White House claims to have had nothing to do with a conversation between the Russian ambassador Sergei Kisljak and national security adviser Donald Trump, Mike Flynn. This informed the broadcaster NBC Saturday. The conversation late last year was almost simultaneous with the announcement by President Barack Obama's new sanctions against Russia.

Fynn and Kisljak include phoned each other to arrange a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Trump which is the US president January 20. The contact between the ambassador and adviser began before Christmas to exchange Christmas and New Year wishes.

The relationship between Trump and Russia is the subject of investigations and speculations, partly in response to the suspicion that Russian hackers have tried to influence the presidential election in November, to the detriment of Trump's Democratic opponent, Hillary Clinton.