Spokesperson of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs accuses NATO and EU of interfering in Russia's internal affairs

Spokesperson of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs accuses NATO and EU of interfering in Russia's internal affairs

　　Xinhua News Agency, Moscow, February 10 (Reporter Wu Gang) Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zakharova said on the 10th that NATO and the European Union have openly and directly interfered in Russia's internal affairs and are adopting a new round of containment measures against Russia.

　　According to Russian media reports, Zakharova said at the meeting of the Russian State Duma (lower house of parliament) foreign interference in Russia’s internal affairs fact-finding committee meeting that in order to curb Russia’s development in the political, economic, technological, and industrial fields, the so-called Western group , First of all, NATO has adopted sanctions, political provocations, and public vilification against Russia.

NATO and the European Union openly and directly interfered in Russia's internal affairs, trying to stimulate the opposition in Russia to cause political instability in Russia.

　　Zakharova said that the mastermind behind the Navalny incident is the Western countries, and their purpose is not to care about the health of Navalny, not to find out the true cause of the incident, but to disrupt the internal situation in Russia.

Western media uses social media and other tools with the support of political forces in Western countries to spread false information about Russia on a large scale.

　　Last year, NATO, the European Union and the governments of some Western countries accused Russia of using nerve agents against Navariny, a Russian opposition figure, but Russia firmly denied it and called on Western countries not to politicize the matter.

When Navalny returned to Russia from Germany on January 17 this year, Russian law enforcement agencies arrested him for repeatedly violating probation provisions.

On January 23, supporters of Navalny organized demonstrations in many cities, including Moscow, without approval.

On February 2, the Moscow City District Court sentenced Navalny to three and a half years in prison.