Russian President Vladimir Putin addresses the Federal Assembly of both houses of parliament at the Kremlin in Moscow on December 1, 2016. PHOTO: AFP
He called the claims published by US media outlet Buzzfeed and attributed to a former British intelligence operative a "total fake" and "an obvious attempt to harm our bilateral relations".
The claims are aimed at "keeping relations (with the United States) in a state of deterioration," instead of becoming constructive, Peskov said.
Trump hit with claims Russia has compromising info on him
He also denied allegations that the Kremlin gathered compromising information on the Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton, saying that "the Kremlin does not work on gathering compromising information".
The Kremlin spokesperson described the dossier as "pulp fiction," adding that "undoubtedly you need to react to this with a degree of humour".
But he said that it showed that "there are people whipping up hysteria in order to maintain this atmosphere of a witch hunt".
He spoke after Trump on Twitter called the allegations "a total political witch hunt."
FAKE NEWS - A TOTAL POLITICAL WITCH HUNT!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 11, 2017
'BuzzFeed Runs Unverifiable Trump-Russia Claims' #FakeNews https://t.co/d6daCFZHNh
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 11, 2017
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