The authorities of the Netherlands have sent citizens of the Russian Federation suspected of preparing a cyber attack on the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) and files with the investigation of the tragedy with the "Boeing" over the Donbass, which in fact were supposed to perform a technical task in the Russian diplomatic mission in The Hague. This was announced today by the Russian Ambassador in London, Alexander Yakovenko.. "These individuals are four diplomats who came to the Netherlands with a technical assignment to the embassy. Fairly ordinary work. They had to check the embassy communication lines.. In the Russian Embassy in the UK, I probably sign ten requests a month from the British authorities to check the functioning of the communication lines, this is a completely routine activity, "he said at a press conference broadcast by the RT television channel. The ambassador noted that in the Hague "everything happened six months ago, and the campaign began only now". Russians were detained without any explanation and sent without explanation, the diplomat said. There were no requests or complaints from the Dutch authorities. For Russia, it was not explainable actions of Amsterdam. "And here is the story pulled into the light. We asked for evidence.. But the answer is silence.. And only the press builds different versions.. But we proceed from official information, which is not yet, "Yakovenko stressed.

Recall that in the beginning of October in the Netherlands they reported that on 13 April a cyber attack on the OPCW was prevented by Russians, who were expelled on the same day. On October 8, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov called the routine trip of the Russian citizens expelled by the Kingdom, and the accusations of Amsterdam “megaphone diplomacy”. According to the minister, there is nothing secret about the visit of Russian specialists to The Hague in April 2018.. did not have.