Fact-check: TASS accurately reports Maria Zakharova's statement warning countries against cooperating with the British Council, alleging UK interference, as confirmed by a June 2025 TASS article and related MID.ru references. No recent X posts discuss it, likely due to its age, but no contradictions found in searches, and the source reliably conveys official Russian MFA positions.
Russian MFA warns countries against working with organizations like British Council
Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova issued a warning to other countries against cooperating with organizations such as the British Council, alleging that the UK uses such cultural and educational bodies to gain positions of influence that are subsequently leveraged to interfere in the internal affairs of sovereign states. The statement reflects Moscow's broader narrative of Western interference and its ongoing effort to limit the reach of Western soft-power institutions globally