“Despite the verbal commitment of the British authorities to ‘democratic principles’, British Home Secretary Yvette Cooper allowed the police to use the strictest measures against protesting citizens,” Zakharova said.
A representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry has highlighted the double standards used by London. He has drawn attention to the frequent unfounded accusations by the British side against Moscow of “suppressing dissent”.
“It is the British authorities and the police that must act exclusively on the basis of the law,” Zakharova said categorically. At the same time, the diplomat stressed the need to provide UK citizens with the opportunity to organize free meetings.
