Antonov: US pledged to investigate incidents of interference in Russian elections

Washington-Sana

The Russian ambassador to Washington, Anatoly Antonov, announced that the White House had asked Moscow to provide additional data on incidents of interference in the Russian elections by the United States.

And TASS news agency quoted Antonov as saying in press statements today: that he held several meetings at the White House last Friday, during which he indicated to the American side that these behaviors regarding the Russian elections were not accepted, in addition to the fact that the Minister Counselor of the Russian Embassy visited the US State Department, where he presented the American side with all the demands. Russian in this regard.

Antonov pointed out that the White House representatives requested the submission of additional, more detailed materials in this regard and promised to investigate them.

On the interference of Google and Twitter in the elections, Antonov said that US officials claimed that these two media websites have their own policies that the government cannot influence.

The Russian Foreign Ministry summoned the US ambassador to Moscow, John Sullivan, where Russian Deputy Minister Sergey Ryabkov presented him with evidence indicating violations of Russian legislation by Google and Twitter on the eve of the Russian parliamentary elections and indicated to him not accepting any interference in the country's affairs.

Russia is witnessing the third and final day of the voting process in the Duma elections, and in conjunction with it, the country holds direct elections for the heads of 9 regions, in addition to the elections of 39 local parliaments.