“Russia supports the approach of“ one country - two systems, ”considers the situation in Hong Kong as a purely internal affair of China and calls for refusing to intervene in it, including under far-fetched human rights pretexts,” the diplomat said.

On the eve, President Xi Jinping signed a decree on the entry into force of the National Security Act in Hong Kong.

On July 1, protests against the law began in Hong Kong, more than 30 people were detained.