Electronic surveillance

Russia Takes Into Account WikiLeaks Report of CIA Attempts to Wiretap Putin

Reports of US attempts to wiretap Russian President Vladimir Putin deserve attention, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters Thursday.

The US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has five test covert "listening post" servers called "PocketPUtin," the WikiLeaks whistleblower website said in its first installment of classified CIA files published Tuesday.

"We naturally turned our attention to these published data together with the entire international community. Of course they deserve attention and they must be carefully read," Peskov said.