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Russia has accused both presidential candidates of using Vladimir Putin's name as part of a domestic political fights, saying: we really, really don't like it".

Presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Wednesday that the US was hostile and negative towards Russia, Reuters reports, and the Kremlin hoped that candidates would drop such references to Putin.