Министерство иностранных дел России разработало пилотную аудиозапись автоответчика для российских дипломатических миссий за рубежом pic.twitter.com/eLl8Jgcgzt — МИД России (@MID_RF) April 1, 2017Don't say Russian President Vladimir Putin doesn't have a sense of humor. For April Fools' Day, the Russian Foreign Ministry put out an “official joke” — a video of a proposed voice-mail message for its embassy answering machines. In the clip, recorded in Russian and English, an automated recording tells callers to press 1 for “a call from a Russian diplomat to your political opponent.” You can press 2 “to use the services of Russian hackers,” or 3 "to request election interference." An unnamed ministry official, reached by the Associated Press, confirmed that the foreign ministry did produce the joke post. Asked whether Russia interfered, Putin said, “Read my lips: No.”“All those things are fictional, illusory and provocations — lies.

Source: Washington Post April 01, 2017 18:38 UTC