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Today the Federal Council of Russia (Federal Council) has accepted the application, in which it has expressed concern the increased activity of US political forces, which “do not wish to perceive adequately modern realities of the Russian public life and try to influence political situation in Russia “.
It is a question of “Support of the US human rights and democracies in the world in the report of the State department of the USA”. The Federal Council considers US Department’s as the “directive” and estimates it as intervention in internal affairs of the Russian Federation and other sovereign states as “the unfriendly act, capable to provoke” and categorically opposes extremist moods of unreasonable charges of Russian government.
Special concern of the Russian Parliament’s supreme chamber is caused with attempts of the US state bodies not only “to estimate a level of democratic character of political processes in Russia “, but also, to participate in them, proceeding from their (American) interests.
The senators consider that the similar activity from the USA became more active before carrying out elections to the Russian State Duma in December, 2007, and presidential elections in March 2008.  Federal Council declares that thus “the ground for a deliberate negative estimation of the specified election campaigns and results of will of the Russian citizens” is being prepared.
The Federal Council declares that Russia is a free and sovereign state, which, during the centuries-old history spent independent internal and foreign policy and, is not going to change this tradition today. Confirming aspiration to the further constructive development of the Russian-American attitudes is based on principles of good neighborhood, democracy and norms of international law. The Federal Council calls US government for respect of the rights of the sovereign states and democratic bases of their people’s life.
It is worth of mentioning that the US State Department’s report has been published in the beginning of April, 2007. The report covers the problem of deterioration of situation with observance of human rights in Russia. In US analysts’ opinion, in 2006, political pressure upon judges, intolerance to ethnic minority, corruption, selectivity in application of laws, restrictions of a freedom of speech, prosecution of the nongovernmental organizations, centralization of authority in hands of executive authority was present in Russia .