US ambassador summoned in Moscow over ‘election interference’ in Russia

Face masks depicting Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny (Dmitri Lovetsky/AP)

The Russian foreign ministry summoned US ambassador John Sullivan, to complain about alleged interference by “digital giants” in Russia’s upcoming parliamentary election.

A ministry statement said deputy foreign minister Sergei Ryabkov claimed Russia “possesses irrefutable evidence of the violation of Russian legislation by American ‘digital giants’ in the context of the preparation and conduct of elections to the State Duma”.