# Envoy says effort to blame Russia for disinformation backfired on West

https://mins.news/en/item/113711

- TASS, 2026-10-24 05:14 UTC
- World
- Original: https://tass.com/politics/2207251

> Kirill Dmitriev said claims that information from Hunter Biden’s laptop was Russian disinformation had backfired on the West. Two FBI agents were arrested on charges of giving false testimony to Congress about the laptop.

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