Senior Russian officials celebrated Donald Trump's election victory as a geopolitical win for Moscow, the Washington Post reported on Thursday, 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.
