Washington's next accusations of Moscow's attempt to influence the democratic processes in the US aroused a laugh at Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. In his opinion, the search for enemies among users of social networks that publish caricatures of politicians testifies to the psychic shift of a number of congressmen. "I'm just amused when I hear that ridiculous pictures are trying to undermine American democracy. This, in my opinion, is already a manifestation of some kind of extreme paranoia, - RT quotes the words of Lavrov.

"It's unfortunate for American lawmakers to inflate such sensations from nothing, from scratch," he said during a conversation with journalists after the ASEAN Foreign Ministers' meeting on Thursday, August 2. The minister was asked to comment on the latest report of the US Senate Intelligence Committee, which states that Russians too often publish memes in social networks. Say, so Moscow tried to manipulate the views of Americans. "We did not invent social networks, we did not insist that they be open to anyone who wants. But there are probably too many people who wish, "Lavrov said..