The Russian diplomat on his page in Facebook commented on the statement of the German authorities about a possible boycott of the world football championship because of the mass detentions of participants of the unsanctioned rallies in Russia.

The official representative of the Russian foreign Ministry has indicated that the proposal to boycott from Germany appeared not after the unauthorized actions. According to Maria Zakharova, the debate on the boycott were part of a big anti-Russian campaign, reports, “Russian conversation”.

She has accused the West of double standards and cited the example of Germany, where the local police against troublemakers is much tougher. Also Berlin why not boycott the United States after the controversial immigration policy of Donald trump .

Zakharov noted that the provocative BBC film about the Russian fans were only the “first swallow” of the campaign against Russia. It was followed by a debate about boycotting the 2018 world Cup under the pretext of “rights violations” during unsanctioned rallies in Russia.

“Campaign against the world Cup in Russia has just begun… All will thoroughly expose and show the components of this “information carousel”,” – summarized it.

As previously reported, “Russian conversation”, the German government Commissioner for cooperation with Russia Gernot Erler said the “deterioration” of the situation with civil rights in Russia and made the probability of a boycott of Germany for the 2018 world Cup.