Senior Russian officials celebrated Donald Trump's election victory as a geopolitical win for Moscow, the Washington Post reports, citing US officials who said intercepted communications showed the Russians congratulating themselves on the outcome.
The ebullient reaction among high-ranking Russian officials - including some who US officials believe had knowledge of the country's cyber campaign to interfere in the US election - contributed to the US intelligence community's assessment that Moscow's efforts were aimed at least in part at helping Trump win the White House, the Post reported.
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