The Russian Foreign Ministry has summoned the ambassadors of the United States, United Kingdom and Canada to personally convey to them the Russian Government’s discomfort over the alleged “serious interference” in domestic affairs and for exceeding the strength of its diplomatic status.

The diplomatic portfolio later confirmed these complaints in a statement stating that, particularly in the UK case, there had been “unacceptable and provocative statements” by the authorities regarding the recent decision of the Russian Court. In recent days, the governments of the United States, Britain and Canada have once again expressed their disagreement with cases such as opposition member Vladimir Kara Murza, who was sentenced to 25 years in prison for high treason and for criticizing the Armed Forces. , or for the arrest of ‘Wall Street Journal’ journalist Evan Gershkovich.

The editor has reappeared this Tuesday to appear before the court in Moscow. The American ambassador, Lynne Tracy, has attended the trial, where Gershkovich, who is accused of espionage, unsuccessfully claimed house arrest, according to CNN. The Russian authorities argue in cases like these that the Russian justice system is independent, which is why they classify any political criticism coming from abroad as interference. In fact, even though Kara Murza is also a British citizen, Moscow argued that this had no effect when he was tried in Russia. “There is no corresponding agreement between Russia and the UK, so the UK’s reference to the fact that Kara Murza has British citizenship is, in our area of ​​law, null and void,” said the above-mentioned statement of Russian diplomacy. Finally, Moscow demanded, in particular from Britain, to stop “teaching” Russia on issues related to Human Rights, because London’s “cynical and contemptuous attitude” towards Human Rights, according to Russia, “was well known in the international community” .