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The defendants, according to the indictment, were advised to "focus their activities on purple states like Colorado, Virginia, and Florida."

US Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein said during a press conference that the defendants engaged in "information warfare against the US, with the stated goal of spreading distrust towards the candidates and the political system in general."

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He went on to say that they "recruited and paid real Americans" to engage in political activity by pretending to be grassroots activists, adding that those Americans did not know they were working with Russians. Rosenstein noted, however, that "there is no allegation in the indictment that it had any effect on the outcome of the election."

"Turns out, there've been 13 people, in the opinion of the US Justice Department. 13 people interfered in the US elections? 13 against billions budgets of special agencies? Against intelligence and counterespionage, against the newest technologies? Absurd? - Yes." Zakharova said in a Facebook post. The indictment, however, is the "modern American political reality," Zakharova added, jokingly suggesting that the number 13 was picked due to its negative associations.

One of the indicted, Russian businessman Evgeny Prigozhin, said he was not really upset by the accusations.

"The Americans are very emotional people, they see what they want to see. I have great respect for them. I am not at all upset that I am on this list. If they want to see the devil, let them," Prigozhin told RIA Novosti.

"We will closely coordinate on the final defeat of ISIS and other terror groups located in Syria," [Tillerson] said. "US and Turkey objectives in Syria are the same - defeat ISIS, stabilize the country, return IDPs, and support a political solution that results in a unified, democratic Syria with no internal divisions," he continued.

During the press conference, Cavusoglu revealed that the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) will be withdrawn from Manbij in northern Syria, where a US military base is located, and was a major point of contention. "US-Turkey coordination will start with Manbij. The US has promised the YPG will leave the Manbij region. Once the YPG leave, based on trust, we can take steps forward with the USA," Cavusoglu said.

In light of this new understanding, Tillerson expressed hope of bettering relations with Turkey. "US and Turkey are locking arms. We're not going to act alone any longer... We are going to act together from this point forward," Tillerson said.