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BBC: Obama told Putin to ‘cut it out’ during talks on email hacking before US elections

By BBC.

Published Dec. 17, 2016. Updated Dec. 17 at 9:21 am

President-elect Donald Trump (L) talks after a meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama (R) in the Oval Office November 10, 2016 in Washington, DC. (AFP)

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President Barack Obama has said that he ordered Russia’s Vladimir Putin to “cut it out” in a conversation about email hacking ahead of the US election.