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Russia calls for solutions from US ambassador over ‘election interference,’ as Moscow says it has proof of ‘critical’ sabotage efforts
Russian officers are ready for a solution after presenting the American ambassador with a file on purported examples of US makes an attempt to intervene within the nation’s upcoming elections, International Minister Sergey Lavrov has stated.
Chatting with reporters on Wednesday, the highest diplomat claimed that the proof was compelling, and had been offered to Ambassador John Sullivan, who was summoned for a gathering on Friday. “The proof was given to him,” Lavrov stated. “It’s fairly critical, actually. We’re nonetheless ready for a solution from our American colleagues why that is taking place.”
The fees, he stated, relate to the refusal of US tech corporations to dam entry to prohibited content material. Final week, Russia’s digital watchdog, Roskomnadzor, issued a sternly worded warning to corporations like Apple and Google, in addition to VPN service suppliers Cloudflare and Cisco, by which it stated the companies had been violating the nation’s election legal guidelines.
“In the course of the pre-election marketing campaign, it’s prohibited to allow the violation of Russian laws, together with these associated to election campaigning on the web,” officers insisted. The row got here as authorities accused one other 10 international companies, together with American, British and German companies, of serving to customers circumvent court docket orders and enabling them to entry blocked web sites.
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Particularly, the 4 US corporations named by Roskomnadzor stand accused of failing to implement a ban on accessing the so-called ‘Good Voting’ web site, arrange by allies of jailed opposition determine Alexey Navalny. The campaigner’s operations had been designated as ‘extremist teams’ by a court docket earlier this yr, and officers say the platform is an extension of his exercise.
In July, Lavrov alleged that parliamentary elections may change into a lightning rod for potential international interference, with polls set to open on Friday. “Our Western colleagues don’t conceal the truth that a lot of them would favor to take care of a weak Russia, devoid of landmarks – a Russia prepared for any concessions. We see efforts, almost each day, to affect our home and international coverage,” he stated.
“I wish to say with full accountability that the plans being hatched by the West won’t work, [Russian President Vladimir Putin] has repeatedly stated this,” Lavrov fumed.
