The "Russia" allegation sounds like an extremely weak & repetitive claim made by people on a certain political side to divert attention away from their bad press for criminal behavior (to include all of the Chinese compromises that were recently revealed).

They're playing a VERY dangerous game, as if they would rather the entire world be destroyed before facing the possibilities of justice (Gitmo, military court tribunals, and everything else that the EO from 9/18 outlined).

The bottom line: the MSM has been full of $&@T for quite some time, and this claim in Reuters is most likely more of the same.