'As could be seen from the comments of this agency – Integrity Initiative – the only aim is to damage Russia's public image in foreign countries', Lavrov told a press conference after talks with his French counterpart Jean-Yves Le Drian.
The statement has been made after on 23 November, the Anonymous hacktivist group released documents related to the United Kingdom's Integrity Initiative project, saying that the program, launched in 2015, was funded by the UK government.
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Anonymous also claimed that the Integrity Initiative included covert structures to interfere in domestic affairs of several European countries such as France, Germany, Italy, Greece, the Netherlands, Lithuania, Norway, Serbia, Spain, and Montenegro.
