“We welcome depoliticized cooperation with all countries without exception.
We welcome cooperation between civil societies, if it is actually dictated by the desire to develop contacts between people, help them communicate, make friends, "- quoted by TASS Lavrova.
At the same time, he noted that "if, under the guise of the activities of various institutions of civil society, attempts to interfere in our internal affairs under the guise of people's diplomacy are observed, of course, we will not leave such attempts without reaction, we will not tolerate them" ...
In July, it was reported that the State Duma commission to investigate foreign interference in Russian affairs had sent evidence of Western interference in the internal politics of the state to the Secretariat of the CSTO Parliamentary Assembly.