Russia denied that it closed an American school in Moscow, branding a report that said otherwise “fake news.”

“US officials ‘anonymously informed’ their media that Russia closed the Anglo-American School in Moscow as a retaliatory measure,” Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said in a Facebook posting Friday.

“That’s a lie. Apparently, the White House has completely lost its senses and began inventing sanctions against its own children,” Zakharova added.

CNN had reported that Russian President Vladimir Putin closed the school, which caters to the kids of diplomats from the US, the UK and Canada, as a retaliatory measure for sanctions announced by President Obama on Thursday.

Obama booted 35 alleged Russian spies from the US, and closed two Moscow-controlled locations in the US, an estate in Maryland and a compound on Long Island.

Obama’s actions were in response to Russia allegedly interfering in the 2016 presidential election — by hacking the Democratic Party and top officials in the Hillary Clinton campaign.