Russian Lawmakers Look for Foreign Hand Behind Wave of Protests
- State Duma leaders to probe alleged foreign political meddling
- Legislators meet amid biggest anti-Putin protests since 2012
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Leaders of Russia’s lower house of parliament met to discuss alleged foreign meddling in the country’s affairs including in elections, amid the biggest wave of protests in Moscow in seven years.
The council of the State Duma, comprising party leaders and top officials, held a special session on Monday to create a commission to investigate “the facts of possible interference in Russia’s internal affairs,” according to a statement on the legislature’s website. It will start work this week, the state-run Tass news service reported.