SVR Accuses EU of Interference in Russian Elections
The head of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) accused Europe of 'interfering' in Russian elections. Sergei Naryshkin, director of the SVR, stated that the European Union intervened in the recent State Duma elections during an interview on the 'First Channel'.
Consensus
- The Russian State Duma elections were held from September 18 to 20.
- The Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) claimed the European Union interfered in the Russian parliamentary elections.
- SVR Director Sergei Narышkin stated that the European Commission had prepared a document to label the elections as invalid.
- Russian officials, including Vyacheslav Volodin and Valentina Matvienko, accused Western countries of attempting to undermine the elections and destabilize Russia.
- The European Union's foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas, sent a letter to EU member states urging them not to recognize the results of the Russian elections.
- International observers from 133 countries and 13 organizations were present during the voting process.
Points of divergence
- Roskomnadzor recorded over 1,500 DDoS attacks on election-related websites from abroad during the voting period. — kommersant
- Russia reported attempts to destabilize the election environment and attacks by Ukraine on Russian regions during voting days. — kommersant
- Valentina Matvienko stated that the West's attempt to inflict strategic defeat on Russia through internal division is doomed to fail. — interfax
- European Parliament member Sergey Lagodinsky claimed the European Parliament would likely declare the Russian elections illegitimate via a resolution. — tg_echoonline_news
- A network of NGOs under EU Commission, European Parliament, and German Foreign Ministry pressured media and international institutions to avoid using terms like 'voting', 'turnout', 'elections', and 'results' when describing the Russian elections. — riamo
- Exiled opposition figures from the PACE Platform for Dialogue with Russian Democratic Forces also demanded international non-recognition of the election results. — riamo
Coverage (20 sources)
- In the State Duma, attempts at interference in elections from abroad were revealed — Вести
- Miroshnik explains why the West should stay silent about elections in Russia — Вести
- Head of SVR accused Europe of 'interference' in Russian elections — The Moscow Times
- In SVR noted EU interference in Russian elections — Вести
- Russian intelligence reported on EU interference in Duma elections — Ведомости
- Naryshkin accuses EU of interference in Duma elections — Коммерсантъ
- Vologdin stated that attempts to influence the Duma elections were observed from the side of Germany — Вести
- Deputy Sheremet: Elections in Russia refute Zelensky's main argument — Вести
- Matvienko stated that election results showed the doomed nature of attempts by the West to inflict defeat on the RF — Интерфакс
- Lavrov stated that all attempts to portray elections in the Russian Federation as unfree have been exposed — Вести
- Lavrov indicated that problems are being created for the will of Russian citizens in the Baltics — Вести
- Lavrov reported that the European Union prepared a statement on elections in Russia — Вести
- Provocations of the West did not prevent citizens of the Russian Federation from participating in elections — Вести
- Kulikov: Russian voters responded to the West's bet on Russia's defeat — Вести
- Sergey Lagodinsky: The European Parliament will not recognize the results of the Russian elections — ЭХО / Новости
- Lavrov named election results as main response to Western campaign — Вести
- Russian Foreign Ministry called attempts to disrupt voting on foreign elections failures — Коммерсантъ
- Deputy Foreign Minister Ivanov stated that attempts to disrupt elections abroad failed — Вести
- Zakharova compared how Western media and Global South media cover elections — Вести
- Observer from Cameroon assessed the accessibility of voting in Russia — Вести
Key entities
- Russia
- West
- Moscow
- State Duma
- MID
- EU
- European Union
- Kallas
- Maria Zakharov
- Vyacheslav Volodin
- Media
- State Duma
- SVR
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