«›I looked at the first reaction of our U.S. partners,‹ Mr. Putin said. ›The first thing that the secretary of state did was say that they were not honest and not fair, but she had not even yet received the material from the observers.‹ ›She set the tone for some actors in our country and gave them a signal,‹ Mr. Putin continued. ›They heard the signal and with the support of the U.S. State Department began active work.‹«– (letzter Zugriff 28.7.2015).