Mass media: Foreign Ministers of five countries of EU directed Sergey Lavrov the letter on the rights of sexual minorities in Chechen Republic

In the letter signed by heads of foreign policy departments United Kingdom, Netherlands, Germany, France and Sweden Boris Johnson, Kunders Bert, Zigmar Gabriel, Jean-Marc Ayrault and Vallstrem Margot, contains an appeal to the Russian authorities to make investigation in connection with "awful charges" from the international organizations which declare violations of the rights of gays in Chechen Republic, transfers information agency "ITAR-TASS" .

According to information agency "Agence France-Presse", the message is dated on April 28. In it ministers also indicated the need to stop all possible prosecutions of representatives of LGBT community in Chechen Republic.

The official representative The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Maria Zakharova declared RBC that foreign policy department did not receive the letter from Foreign Ministers of five countries EU concerning a situation with the rights of gays in Chechen Republic. Maria Zakharova declared that the message on it is the next information campaign and show.

"We saw only a public statement in retelling of mass media, the letter did not receive", – told Maria Zakharova.

Let's remind, earlier periodical e-edition "Novaya gazeta" reported about Chechen Republic prosecutions of local representatives of sexual minorities. The head of the region Ramzan Kadyrov categorically rejected charges to the republic authorities. In the Kremlin declared lack of bases not to trust Ramzan Kadyrov in this question.