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Washington would like to see the politician of Alexei Navalny among the leaders of Russia. This was stated by President Vladimir Putin at a meeting with the heads of Russian print media and information agencies, RIA Novosti reports .

According to Putin, the preferences of the US authorities are evidenced by their criticism of refusal to allow Navalny to the elections. “Nobody loves when they interfere in their affairs, but they climb into strangers with pleasure. This is the first thing that comes to my mind about the fact that the US Congress, in my opinion, was somehow responded to the fact that someone was not allowed. This is the first circumstance,” Putin said. “The second circumstance is the character that you mentioned, he was not the only one who was not allowed. But for some reason they didn’t call others. He speaks of the preferences of the American administration, the leadership of other countries, about whom they would like to advance in the political sphere of Russia, whom they would like to see in the country's leadership.

As always, the Russian president did not say the name of Navalny.

On December 25, 2017, the CEC illegally refused to register the initiative group to nominate politician Alexei Navalny as a presidential candidate. On December 30, the Supreme Court called the refusal legal . On January 6, the Armed Forces of the Armed Forces confirmed this decision .

After the decision of the CEC, Navalny announced the preparation of the All -Russian protest against non -competitive elections. The action is scheduled for Sunday, January 28. The essence of the “voter strikes”, the politician explained, is not to recognize Putin's “reassignment”, boycott them and campaigning for the boycott of other citizens, as well as organize observation in the areas in order to prevent falsification of the turnout. “It is finally clear that Putin and the Kremlin need only a turnout,” the politician noted.

On December 26, the European External Relations Service stated that Navalny’s non -removal “ puts under serious doubt the presence of political pluralism in Russia and the democracy of the elections that will be held next year.” In turn, the representative of the State Department of Clai Noel said: "We continue to express concern in connection with the existing use of strict measures from the Russian government in relation to independent votes - from journalists to civil society activists and opposition politicians." Noel emphasized that the United States "urge the Russian government to hold honest elections that will be transparent, fair and free, and also guarantee the free expression of the will of the people in accordance with international human rights obligations."

The next day, the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, accused the US of interfering with the Russian elections . “This statement by the State Department, which, is sure, will not become single, is a direct intervention in both the elections and the internal affairs of the state,” Zakharova wrote.