MOSCOW, February 5. /TASS/. When dealing with the blogger Alexey Navalny’s case, Western Countries focus on recent protest rallies in Russia, while trying to push the quest for the truth regarding the alleged poisoning to the background, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said during the press conference in the wake of his talks EU High Representative on Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell Friday.

"Today, we have simply stuck in an issue, which the West seeks to push into the background, for some reason, instead focusing on the protests and rallies in Russia. The issue in question is the quest for truth in regards to what happened to Navalny, when and where," Lavrov said.

The Foreign Minister reminded that neither Russian, nor German medics discovered any traces of poison in Navalny’s body. Besides, neither the Western states, nor the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) have provided the requested samples.

"This is impolite, to put it mildly, and such arrogance from the cultured Europe, I think, is unacceptable. If our partners believe that we do not deserve the information that would confirm their allegations against the Russian authorities, it will be on their conscience. We advocate honesty, transparency and we will not recalculate these principles," Lavrov added.