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Putin spokesman: hacker group blog publications do not influence Kremlin’s staff policy

MOSCOW, April 1. /TASS/. Publications in the blog of the Shaltay-Boltay hacker group do not influence the Kremlin’s personnel policy, Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Wednesday.

"They don’t influence it," Peskov said when asked to what extent publications in the blog of the group, also known as Anonymous International, which allegedly contain private correspondence of well-known politicians and officials, affect the Kremlin’s staff policy.

"The Kremlin does not treat publications of any internationals [in any way]. Moreover, I don’t think many people read these publications," he said.

Shaltay-Boltay is a hacker group that has published since 2013 on an eponymous website documents and private letters allegedly belonging to government members and a number of lawmakers.