Foreign Ministry condemns media hints about Moscow’s involvement in Le Mezure’s death

“Moreover, the information is presented in a distorted, biased form - there are direct hints of Moscow’s involvement in this incident,” the ministry said.

They emphasized that if you follow the logic of British media, then the murder of Le Merusier should have happened in April 2017.

“It was then that the first official comment was made by the DIP of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on its departmental affiliation and involvement in the White Helmets,” the Foreign Ministry noted.

Despite the fact that the investigation into the death of the man has not yet begun, British journalists "are already acting in line with their" run-in "media technologies" and are doing "emotional info-stuffing," the report said.

“These Russians are accused of everything, another media scandal in the spirit of high-likeli is unleashed, and when the Russian side is completely uninvolved, the British media switch to other resonant stories,” the department concluded, adding that the same scenario was used “ while covering the incident with Litvinenko, and with Berezovsky, and with Skripaly. "

Earlier, Turkish media reported that the body of Le Mezure was discovered by neighbors in the garden of the house where he lived.

Representatives of the White Helmets confirmed the death of one of the founders, a former British intelligence officer in Istanbul.

The White Helmets organization received wide support from the West. She declared her goal of saving civilians in war zones. Syrian authorities accuse her of having links with extremists.

The Russian Foreign Ministry called the activities of the “White Helmets” an element of an information campaign to discredit the ATS authorities. In particular, they were blamed for the provocation, which gave rise to the West to accuse Damascus of using chemical weapons and to strike at government facilities.

Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad, in an interview with RT, said that the White Helmets organization is the wing of the Jabhat al-Nusra terrorist group *.

* “Hayat Tahrir al-Sham” (“Jabhat Fath al-Sham”, “Front al-Nusra”, “Jabhat al-Nusra”) - the organization was recognized as terrorist by the decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation dated December 29, 2014.