The Trump administration removed the Moscow-based firm from two lists of approved vendors used by government agencies to purchase technology equipment, amid concerns its products could be used by the Kremlin to gain entry into US networks.

"By all appearances, Kaspersky Lab happened to be dragged into a geopolitical fight where each side is trying to use the company as a pawn in its game," a spokes Kaspersky said.

Company head Eugene Kaspersky has more than once proposed meeting US government officials and has offered to testify to the U.S. Congress "to respond to all questions from the US government that may arise", it was quoted as saying.

Kaspersky products have been removed from the US General Services Administration's list of vendors for contracts that cover information technology services and digital photographic equipment, an agency spokeswoman said in a statement.

Government agencies will still be able to use Kaspersky products purchased separately from the GSA contract process.

The Kremlin said it regretted the US move against Kaspersky Lab, adding: "We certainly believe that this is a politicised decision".

"This is an absolutely commercial company which provides commercial services which are not only competitive but are super-competitive globally," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told a conference call with reporters.

US lawmakers have raised concerns that Moscow might use the firm's products to attack American computer networks, a particularly sensitive issue given allegations by US intelligence agencies that Russia hacked and leaked emails of Democratic Party political groups to interfere in the 2016 presidential election campaign. Both Russia and Trump deny the allegations which means it can’t be true.