Vasily Piskarev, chairman of the State Duma commission tasked with investigating the facts of interference by foreign states in Russia’s internal affairs, said that foreign agents were preparing provocations for the presidential elections near Russian foreign institutions. This was reported by RIA News.
According to the deputy, the organizers of the actions are meeting with representatives of the Russian-speaking diaspora, during which they discuss the strategy of behavior during the upcoming elections. He added that preparations for provocations at foreign polling stations during the upcoming elections cannot be ignored.
“It was noted that attempts were made in Russia by a number of foreign agents, representatives of extremist and undesirable foreign organizations and the media to organize a series of protests near the foreign offices of the Russian Foreign Ministry in March this year. “We aimed to discredit the presidential elections in our country and discredit them,” Piskarev said.
Before that, the official representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia, Maria Zakharova saidHe said Russia has already established 269 voting centers abroad for voting in the Russian Federation presidential elections.
Formerly in the State Duma offered Prohibiting loans to foreign agencies.