Attempts to discredit Rosatom, food crisis risk: statements by Russian Security Council

MOSCOW, April 27. /TASS/. The West has launched a large-scale smear campaign to disrupt Rosatom’s operations and prevent it from entering the markets of neighboring friendly countries, Russian Security Council Deputy Secretary Alexey Shevtsov told reporters.

He also noted that a blockade of the Strait of Hormuz would affect food costs and production volumes.

TASS has compiled the key statements made by the Russian Security Council deputy secretary.

Numerous non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in Moldova and Armenia are carrying out smear campaigns to hinder cooperation with Russia: "Currently, around 14,000 NGOs are registered in Moldova and about 9,000 in Armenia. Most of them are working to undermine bilateral relations [with Russia] and to discredit integration processes."

The West has launched a large-scale smear campaign to hinder Rosatom’s operations in neighboring friendly countries: "If we take a look, for example, at recent developments related to nuclear power construction in Kazakhstan or Kyrgyzstan, a massive information campaign was launched to discredit Rosatom in order to prevent it from entering our brotherly countries."