After pursuing a widening investigation into Russia's alleged role in the American presidential campaign, the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) found no clear link between Republican candidate Donald Trump and the Russian government, The New York Times (NYT) reported on Monday."Law enforcement officials say that none of the investigations so far have found any conclusive or direct link between Mr. Trump and the Russian government. And even the hacking into Democratic emails, F.B.I. and intelligence officials now believe, was aimed at disrupting the presidential election rather than electing Mr. Trump," the NYT stated.Trump was recently accused of building financial communication between "a server registered to the Trump Organization and two servers registered to" Russia's largest private commercial bank, Alfa Bank. The Trump campaign denied allegations over building ties to the Russian bank.The U.S. government has accused Russia of a campaign of cyber-attacks targeting the Democratic Party that has led to the release of thousands of illegally obtained emails, revealing the sometimes unflattering inner workings of the party, Clinton's campaign, and her family's charitable foundation.Clinton has said she believes the Kremlin is trying to help Trump, calling her rival a "puppet" of the Russian leader. Trump has declined to implicate the country in any wrongdoing."I don't think anybody knows it was Russia that broke into the (Democratic National Committee)," Trump said during the first presidential debate last month. He suggested the culprit could be anyone from Russia, to China or even "a 400-pound person lying in bed."Russia has denied it sponsors or encourages hacking activity. Russian President Vladimir Putin accused U.S. politicians on Thursday of whipping up "hysteria" about a nonexistent threat in order to distract voters.Putin, who has described Trump as "very talented," said last week the New York businessman "behaves extravagantly" to "get through to voters' hearts." Trump has said he is not close with Putin, but has also said he believes the Russian president is a stronger leader than U.S. President Barack Obama.According to a poll conducted by the Russian Public Opinion Research Center, 57 percent of Russians who took part in the survey believe the outcome of the US presidential election is important for Russia as 35 percent assert that Trump's win would better for Russia's national interests, Russian news agency TASS reported.