VLADIVOSTOK, September 7. /TASS/. The appointment of Liz Truss as British Prime Minister is a symptom of the UK’s crisis of democracy, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told TASS on the sidelines of the Eastern Economic Forum (EEF) on Wednesday.

"Perhaps the problem lies in the crisis of British democracy, because this `result’ has nothing to do with a direct choice by Britons, as long as the indirect election system predominates in the two Anglo-Saxon countries," Zakharova said, when asked if she thought Truss would spell trouble for the UK.

British Foreign Secretary Truss was appointed the country’s new prime minister after the voting results were announced to select the Tory leadership following a decision by the previous PM, Boris Johnson, to resign.

Organized by the Roscongress Foundation, the Seventh Eastern Economic Forum will be running from September 5 to September 8 in Vladivostok. TASS is the event’s general information partner and its official photohost agency.

This year, the theme of the forum is: "On the Path to a Multipolar World."