According to him, the State Department announced a new initiative in defense of allegedly political prisoners under the motto "Without Lawful Grounds."
Public activists all over the world, including in Russia, are invited to participate in it.
Thus, they are promised support from US embassies and NGOs in political and human rights activities in the interests of the United States.
“The flywheel of interference in our internal affairs is gaining momentum, and the pressure practiced by the United States on the Russian judicial system in defense of criminals convicted of extremism and terrorism, as well as contemporary Nazis and agents of foreign influence, is now, in fact, announced at the official level,” he wrote. in Telegram.
On January 5, the head of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs, Leonid Slutsky, said that the appeal of the US Embassy in Russia to the citizens of the country should be the reason for the investigation.