Putin directly trolls the U.S. with “election interference” April Fools’ joke because of course he did

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a ceremony at a Russian Chapel in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia, Saturday, July 30, 2016. Slovenia, which has joined sanctions against Russia for its annexation of Crimea and meddling in Ukraine, has been very careful to portray Putin's visit on Saturday as strictly informal and not against the EU policies. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

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The world awoke on April 1 in a joking mood, but no one was as ready to unleash a joke months in the making as Russia was this morning.

The Russian Foreign Ministry posted a video on Facebook that has since been confirmed as a joke.

While a voice spouts instructions on how to “use the services of Russian hackers,” you are invited to look at the silhouette of an apparent expert in “election interference.”

“To arrange a call from a Russian diplomat to your political opponent, press 1,” the recording says. “Press 2 to use the services of Russian hackers” and “Press 3 to request election interference.”

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The joke comes a couple of days after Russian President Vladimir vehemently denied Russia’s involvement in the contentious 2016 election.

“Read my lips – no,” Putin said Thursday, denying Russian involvement in influencing the outcome of the U.S. election. “Do we want to completely destroy our diplomatic relations to bring the situation to how it was in the 1960s with the Cuban missile crisis?”

According to The Guardian, a source close to the Kremlin described the Russia conversation in the U.S. as a “temporary psychosis.” The source said, “They’ll calm down.”

Who knows if Putin was directly behind the joke, but you just know that somewhere he’s reliving this moment all the same.

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