Russian authorities say they have summoned a diplomat from the Australian embassy in Moscow over a social media post that criticised the holding of Russian presidential elections in occupied parts of Ukraine.
The Russian foreign ministry said in a statement that an Australian embassy post on the Telegram platform questioned "the territorial integrity of the Russian Federation" and contained "knowingly false information about the voting in a number of Russian regions during the election of the president" on March 15-17.
Australia's Chargé d'affaires was told the online post was regarded as interfering in the country's internal affairs, the Russian statement said, demanding he remove the message and take measures to ensure such incidents do not happen again.
