President Barack Obama has said that he
ordered Russia's Vladimir Putin to "cut it out" in
a conversation about email hacking ahead of the
US election.
Implying that the Russian president knew about
the hacks, Mr Obama said: "Not much happens
in Russia without Vladimir Putin."
The president said he had warned Mr Putin of
serious consequences at a summit in September.
A month later, the US accused Russia of
meddling in its democratic process.
The president has promised a "proportional"
response to the hacking of the Democratic Party
and of emails belonging to defeated presidential
candidate Hillary Clinton's campaign chairman.
He appeared to suggest that the US could go on
the offensive with its own cyber muscle, stating:
"Whatever they do to us, we can potentially do
to them."
Mr Obama's comments came during his last
news conference of the year.
The president did not criticise his successor,
Republican Donald Trump, by name, but said
some Republicans were failing to acknowledge
the seriousness of Russia's involvement in the
US election.
He also expressed bewilderment over GOP
supporters who say they approve of Mr Putin,
declaring: "Ronald Reagan would roll over in his
grave."
The president urged Mr Trump to back a
bipartisan investigation into Russian cyber
intrusions.
Earlier this week, Donald Trump poured scorn on
US intelligence claims that Russian hackers
helped swing the election in his favour, calling
them ridiculous and politically-motivated.
He tweeted: "Can you imagine if the election
results were the opposite and WE tried to play
the Russia/CIA card. It would be called
conspiracy theory!"
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CIA Director John Brennan told employees on 16
December that the FBI agrees with the CIA's
conclusion that Russia's goal was to help Mr
Trump win.
The Kremlin denies US claims that Russia
hacked official emails, and has called them
"indecent".
"They need to either stop talking about this or
finally present some sort of proof," Mr Putin's
spokesman said.
Putin's 'personal beef'
The Kremlin's response came as Mrs Clinton
attributed her election defeat to Russian hacking
for the first time.
She told party donors that President Putin had a
"personal beef" against her for describing
Russia's parliamentary elections five years ago
as rigged.
She also cited the release of a letter by FBI
director James Comey as having lost her close
races in key states.
Mr Comey made headlines when he announced a
new inquiry into Mrs Clinton's email server 11
days before the presidential election. The matter
was dropped two days before Americans voted.
The FBI had previously concluded that Mrs
Clinton had been "extremely careless" over her
use of a private email server while secretary of
state, but there were no grounds for any
charges.
The New York Times said Mrs Clinton's
comments were her first on the subject since
widespread reports of the hacking surfaced
before the election.
"Putin publicly blamed me for the outpouring of
outrage by his own people, and that is the direct
line between what he said back then and what
he did in this election," Mrs Clinton said, quoted
by the Times.
"This is not just an attack on me and my
campaign, although that may have added fuel to
it. This is an attack against our country. We are
well beyond normal political concerns here. This
is about the integrity of our democracy and the
security of our nation."

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Donald trump don already win.