Russia is accusing the United States of interfering with its presidential election, saying a decision by the Treasury Department to issue a report naming companies and individuals to be sanctioned for working with blacklisted Russian entities would be “a direct and obvious attempt” to interfere.

Monday , "We do think that this is a direct and obvious attempt to time some sort of action to coincide with our elections in order to influence them," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said according to CNN . "We disagree with this, and we are sure this will have no influence."

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The individuals and companies to be named in the report may exist in a number of different companies.

The State Department delivered a list of names for the report in October. According to the Financial Times , the names could be publicly revealed or kept within a classified annex.

Trump reluctantly signed legislation in August backed by bipartisan majorities that approved new sanctions on Russia. The bill also included sanctions against North Korea and Iran.

In December, Moscow accused the State Department of “direct interference” when it criticized Russia for preventing an opposition leader from running against Putin.