Sen. Ron Wyden Ronald (Ron) Lee WydenHillicon Valley: Subpoenas for Facebook, Google and Twitter on the cards | Wray rebuffs mail-in voting conspiracies | Reps. raise mass surveillance concerns On The Money: Anxious Democrats push for vote on COVID-19 aid | Pelosi, Mnuchin ready to restart talks | Weekly jobless claims increase | Senate treads close to shutdown deadline Democratic senators ask inspector general to investigate IRS use of location tracking service MORE (D-Ore.) on Tuesday accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of seeking to exploit social divisions in the United States.

“Vladimir Putin is apparently determined to hijack Americans’ outrage against Donald Trump Donald John TrumpSteele Dossier sub-source was subject of FBI counterintelligence probe Pelosi slams Trump executive order on pre-existing conditions: It 'isn't worth the paper it's signed on' Trump 'no longer angry' at Romney because of Supreme Court stance MORE and his administration for his own purposes: weakening America and ensuring that his corrupt dictatorship can act with impunity around the world," Wyden said in a statement.

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His comments came after Facebook announced that it has discovered evidence of a coordinated political influence campaign using dozens of fake accounts and pages on its platform.

The social media company did not directly blame Russia. It did suggest Moscow could've been behind this latest activity and is working to confirm who was responsible.

Despite this, Wyden — a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee — appeared to pin the blame directly on the Kremlin. He said the news of the recent Facebook influence campaign is nearly identical to the tactics Russia used to interfere in the 2016 presidential election.

"In 2016, the Russian social media campaign pretended to be appealing to the left in order to suppress the vote and get Trump elected. These ads appear to come from the exact same playbook," Wyden's statement adds.

Facebook, which is working with law enforcement on the matter, said it has removed 32 pages and accounts across Facebook and Instagram for exhibiting "inauthentic behavior."

The social media company briefed lawmakers this week about its discovery, which it made as it was looking for signs of election interference activity, The New York Times first reported.

"Americans need to stay active and involved and above all else, vote. Don’t let Russia or anyone else divide us in order to prop up Trump," Wyden's statement concludes.

Other Democrats have also quickly accused Russia of being behind the activity.

The news comes amid already heightened fears Russia or other foreign actors will seek to interfere in U.S. affairs as well as future elections — especially with the 2018 midterms only a few months away.

Special counsel Robert Mueller Robert (Bob) MuellerCNN's Toobin warns McCabe is in 'perilous condition' with emboldened Trump CNN anchor rips Trump over Stone while evoking Clinton-Lynch tarmac meeting The Hill's 12:30 Report: New Hampshire fallout MORE is investigating Russian interference in the 2016 election broadly, as well as any potential ties between the Trump campaign and Moscow.