The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation was not aware that the country is at war with the Netherlands. This was stated by the official representative of the Ministry of Maria Zakharova. The diplomat admitted that Moscow had plans for The Hague, but somewhat different: "namely, building up truly friendly, mutually beneficial and mutually respectful relations". But it turned out that we "were, or are, or will be in a state of cyberwar with the Netherlands". “Apparently, this is the very war where the aggressor did not come,” Zakharova commented on NTV.. In September, the Netherlands announced that in a joint operation with the British, 4 Russians had been detained and expelled from the country in April, attempting to hack the Organization’s networks banning chemical weapons.

Last Sunday, the Minister of Defense of the Netherlands Ank Beyuveld called the correct point of view that the Hague and Moscow are in a state of cyberwar. "Why does the Netherlands allow itself to be used as an instrument of an anti-Russian political game, it is completely incomprehensible," Zakharova commented on the Dutch position.. “This is not beneficial for the people of this state; it is not beneficial for the Netherlands as part of a large European family". Earlier in Moscow, they rejected accusations of hacking into the OPCW and other cybercrime.