Sergei Naryshkin, Russia’s National Security (SVR) director, warned about provocations being plotted from outside for the upcoming parliamentary elections in September 2021 and presidential elections in 2024 in Russia, according to TASS. “Our opponents are preparing to the fullest,” Naryshkin told “Solovyev Live,” a YouTube broadcast that was aired on Rossiya-1 TV Channel. He continued that U.S. President Biden’s recent claim that Russia was trying to meddle in the U.S. 2022 midterm elections, was because he was looking for a scapegoat for expected Democratic Party losses. “We understand why and in pursuit of what goals the U.S. president is talking about this. The Democratic Party is preparing for the midterm elections in 2022 and, obviously, feels some uncertainty and is looking for arguments in case the elections are not successful for the Democratic Party, and therefore for ... Biden.”