Russian President Vladimir Putin used his harshest language to date on Friday in condemning Democrats’ hysteria over Russian interference in the 2016 election.

“[It] reminds me of anti-Semitism and blaming the Jews. This is disinformation,” Putin told NBC’s Megyn Kelly at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum.

“IP addresses can be invented, a child can do that! Your underage daughter could do that. That is not proof.”

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Putin also said Kelly’s underage daughter could likely hack, and create false Russian IP addresses.

Putin contradicted the 17 U.S. intelligence agencies that reported evidence that Putin and Russian spy agencies worked to hack Democrats’ computers and then distribute the information before the November 8 election.

Earlier in the week, too, Putin denied the assertion his government was behind the hacking, but admitted that “patriotic” Russians could have been behind the mischief. In March 2016, hackers stole thousands of emails from John Podesta, the campaign chairman for Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.

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Kelly confronted Putin about all the intelligence reports pointing at Russian hackers. Many of the reports indicate the hacking came from Russian Internet Protocol, or IP, addresses.

“IP addresses can be invented, a child can do that! Your underage daughter could do that. That is not proof,” Putin said.

The NBC News interview, the first major sit-down for Kelly at the network, will broadcast in full at 7 p.m. Sunday.

Putin also defended the Paris climate accord, but sounded ambiguous about his thoughts on the immediacy of the problems said to be associated with global warming.

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“Generally speaking, the Paris treaty is a very good document which is aimed at resolving one of the global problems of the current times,” Putin told Kelly. “The issue is whether we are in a position now allow the climate to change. It’s about not letting the climate temperature go up by two. We don’t feel here that the temperature is going hotter.”

Putin, despite his support for the accord, appeared to mock the hysterical reactions from other European leaders and Paris agreement backers.

“I should say that we should be grateful to President Trump because today in Moscow, I hear they’re saying it snowed and it’s raining here, very cold, so now we can blame him for that and American imperialism,” Putin said, “It’s all their fault.”