The Foreign Ministry noted that the publications “Sot” and “Theme” point to Albanian President Ilir Metau as “Putin’s man” and “conductor of Russian scenarios”.
"As" evidence "of a regular conspiracy theory, the fact of mentioning the figure of the head of state is given in the publications of the" pro-Kremlin propaganda mouthpiece "of the agency Sputnik, the" revealed "interview of the Albanian President, Deputy. TASS news agency general director M. Gusman in 2018. The very fact of communication with Russian journalists is interpreted by the Albanian media as “serving the interests of Moscow”! ”the message says.
The ministry said that the practice of using the Russian card in the domestic political struggle in Albania is not new, and the strengthening of such rhetoric is a confirmation of the readiness of local authorities and publications under their control to “follow the canons of the information campaign launched against Russia”.
Earlier, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia called The New York Times’s report a lie that the Russian Foreign Ministry allegedly refused to issue visas to 30 teachers of the Anglo-American School located in Moscow.