Foreign Ministry accused the United States of interfering in internal affairs in connection with the protests

US interference in Russia’s internal affairs is an indisputable fact and is part of a strategy to contain Russia, the Russian Foreign Ministry said, according to the agency’s Facebook page.

The Foreign Ministry accused the US State Department of destabilizing the situation in Russia on the basis of the report “Stretching Russia’s forces and bringing it out of equilibrium” by the analytical center RAND Corp.

The Foreign Ministry also rebuked the US Embassy in Moscow for calling the unauthorized actions in Russia in support of the arrested opposition leader Alexei Navalny “planned”. “What is done in such cases in the United States itself is well known to all – they open fire to kill. Is double standards and hypocrisy a life credo? ” – added the Foreign Ministry.

Earlier, the US Embassy in Russia condemned the detentions at uncoordinated protests and called on the country’s authorities to fulfill international obligations in the field of human rights. Diplomats drew attention to the detention of journalists covering uncoordinated actions in Russian cities.

According to the human rights organization OVD-Info, by 17:33, 3329 people were detained throughout the country, of which 933 were in Moscow, and 591 were in St. Petersburg. The Ministry of Internal Affairs has not yet published data on the number of detainees in the country as a whole. Department departments in the regions named the number of detainees.

Last week, the Russian Foreign Ministry also asked the US authorities not to interfere in the country’s internal affairs. “Deal with your own problems and stop interfering in the internal affairs of other states,” the message said. Then the State Department condemned the actions of the security officials at the January 23 protest in support of the politician Alexei Navalny.

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