The United States is directly obstructing the work of the international forum against neocolonialism "For the Freedom of Nations!" Russia's Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on International Affairs, Andrey Klimov, said.
"The West, first of all, the United States, is doing everything to silence our forum, moreover, it directly hinders its work," he noted.
For instance, a Peruvian deputy was not allowed to board a flight to Moscow, where the forum is to take place, because of the US ban, as the flight route passes through its territory, Klimov revealed.
In addition, according to the politician, in one of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries, a prominent political figure who was preparing to come to Moscow refused to travel after "having a certain conversation."
"On Friday everything was fine, on Saturday everything was fine, and on Sunday suddenly a message arrives that his plans for life have changed dramatically. Then we received information that they had a conversation with him, after which the plans apparently changed," the official underlined.
A similar situation happened to one of the African officials, Klimov highlighted.
"Another case has occurred in an African country. They come to a senior official and tell him: 'You are expecting to receive a loan of several billion dollars. In this regard, do you need to go to Moscow and have relations with Russians at all,'" Klimov revealed, adding that he specifically did not give names so as not to aggravate the situation of these people.
Scheduled to take palce in the Russian capital, Moscow, from February 15 to 17, the forum "For the Freedom of Nations!", which has been recently established to combat neocolonialism, has been initiated by the All-Russian political party "United Russia."
Earlier, Chairman of the "United Russia" Party, Dmitry Medvedev, said that the leaders of United Russia's partner political parties, representatives of ASEAN countries, guests from Africa, Latin America and the Middle East are expected to participate in the event.