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The Russian Foreign Ministry announced the opening of investigations into the case of US technology giants publishing fabricated materials regarding unauthorized demonstrations in Russia and informing the US ambassador to Moscow of its protest due to his country's statements in this regard.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said in televised statements, as reported by TASS news agency that Sergey Ryabkov, the Russian Deputy Foreign Minister, expressed to the US ambassador to Moscow John Salivanaldi during a phone call about the strong protest due to the US embassy in Russia publishing posts on social networks and on its platforms in The Internet in support of illegal acts witnessed in several Russian cities, stressing the need for "strict compliance with Russia's laws and recognized diplomatic rules."
Zakharova added, "We have noticed a very large activity by the so-called" information technology giants, "which of course are American, spreading a lot of fake information, and we will open an investigation into this matter," noting that this problem will be raised with the Americans and through international organizations.
Zakharova stressed that Moscow considers such actions an interference in its affairs.
In Beijing, the Chinese Foreign Ministry announced its opposition to any foreign interference in the affairs of a sovereign state, commenting on the statements of the US embassy in Russia regarding unauthorized demonstrations in Moscow last Saturday.
"China firmly opposes interference in the internal affairs of a sovereign country," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said in a press briefing today.
And Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirmed in a statement last Saturday that the statements of the US embassy in Moscow about unauthorized protests in Russia "are inappropriate and represent interference in Russian internal affairs."
