“You definitely have nothing to worry about? Observe the Vienna Convention and do not interfere in the internal affairs of sovereign states, ”the ministry said.

You definitely have nothing to worry about? Observe the Vienna Convention and do not interfere in the internal affairs of sovereign states.

- MFA of Russia России (@MID_RF) July 26, 2019

The answer followed the publication by the embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany reports that in Russia "the authorities did not allow" for the elections to the MHD "many oppositionists"

“Searches and detentions of famous politicians followed. All this worries us greatly. Russian citizens should be allowed to choose honestly and freely, ”the German diplomatic department said.

On July 24, investigators opened a criminal case on obstructing the activities of election commissions after uncoordinated rallies in Moscow.

It was also reported that searches were conducted on a number of unregistered candidates in the MHD.

On Thursday, July 25, oppositionist Gennady Gudkov announced that he had been summoned to the office of the Investigative Committee in Moscow. According to him, an unknown person called him at night and invited him to the UK. The caller did not introduce himself. In turn, Dmitry Gudkov said that he had been summoned for two more interrogations in a criminal case about obstructing the work of election commissions.