“If a request is received, we will consider it in the manner prescribed by law,” RIA Novosti quotes a message from the foreign ministry.

Earlier, the State Duma commission to investigate interference in the internal affairs of Russia said that DW had violated Russian laws by publishing a call to go on an unauthorized rally in Moscow.

It also became known earlier that the State Duma commission would ask the Foreign Ministry to study the issue of depriving Deutsche Welle of accreditation.