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Peskov was asked about the alleged exchange and told reporters Wednesday that there were no telephone conversations between Putin and Trump when the latter was not the president of the U.S.

Peskov, whose remarks were originally in Russian, said: "I work in Russia, thank God."

"Whether this is fake or not, we also do not know. There are a lot of fakes now. Often, there are many more fakes than true information. And we always proceed from this when we analyze certain news," Peskov added.

Russian media have been reacting to Trump's growing criticism of Putin, the most recent being on Tuesday when he accused the Russian leader of peddling "bulls***" over his intentions in Ukraine, after rejecting U.S. ceasefire proposals

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