MOSCOW, February 11. /TASS/. The Western countries are conducting a massive anti-Russian campaign with the aim of destabilizing the internal political situation in Russia, but Moscow will invariably quash such attempts, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told a news briefing on Thursday.

"It is nakedly clear that a large-scale anti-Russian provocation is underway with the aim of influencing the internal political situation in the country and trying to destabilize it," Zakharova said. "These attempts are doomed to fail. I believe that our Western counterparts have guessed this."

Zakharova expressed indignation over the fact that the masterminds of the information campaign have been trying to ever more often involve teenagers in their games and use minors as a human shield."

"This is impermissible. Such interference in our internal affairs will be prevented," she added.