moscow russia dismiss false thursday reuters report say government think tank control president vladimir putin develop plan swing 2016 u.s. presidential election donald trump favor reuters report wednesday moscow-based russian institute strategic study riss provide framework rationale u.s. intelligence agencies conclude intensive effort russia interfere nov. election reuters report cite three current four former u.s. officials acquire two document prepare institute russia repeatedly deny interfere u.s. election kremlin riss respond request comment document wednesday thursday think tank issue statement say report false seem conspiratorial consciousness author conceit weigh reality covet fantasy order draw attention theme ... russia participation pre-election campaign unite state say riss director mikhail fradkov kremlin spokesman dmitry peskov say people pay attention report base anonymous source know anything say seven anonymous source worth one real one document obtain u.s. intelligence officials central conclusion administration barack obama russia mount fake news campaign launch cyber attack democratic party group hillary clinton campaign current former officials say campaign begin putin ask institute draw plan interfere u.s. presidential race say one source former senior u.s. intelligence official u.s. president donald trump say russia activities impact outcome race ongoing congressional fbi investigations russian interference far produce public evidence trump associate collude russian effort change outcome election russia deny reuters report think tank draw plan sway u.s. election