Kremlin denies Trump-Putin call

(The Hill) -- The Kremlin on Monday denied that President-elect Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin held a phone call following the U.S. presidential election last week.The denial came after reporting from The Washington Post and Reuters that Trump and Putin held a phone call on Thursday, in which the incoming commander-in-chief reportedly advised Putin not to escalate in Ukraine and reminded the Russian leader of the sizable U.S. military presence in Europe. “There was