OREANDA-NEWS. The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, commented on the statement by the representative of the US State Department, Ned Price, that Russia could be recognized as a state sponsor of terrorism.

According to her, such statements are needed for "Washington's information and propaganda activities."

“This is necessary in order to convince those who have not yet broken. This is needed today, now, this is an every-second idea that has appeared, which is not supported by either law or facts, no one talks about facts at all, ”she said on the air of the Solovyov Live program.

Earlier, Price said that the United States is studying the possibility of including the Russian Federation in the list of "accomplices of terrorists."

According to an unnamed CNN source, the possibility of including Russia on the list of "sponsors of terrorism" (the list of the State Department includes the DPRK, Sudan and Iran) is being discussed as "a tool to hold the Russian Federation accountable" for the situation in Ukraine.