Lavrov ought to read the latest poll by the International Republican Institute with Gallup.

The International Republican Institute confirmed in a statement on its website that it had been targeted.

In his last job as head of the International Republican Institute, he helped promote governance and democracy overseas.

One, the International Republican Institute, includes among its board members the noted Russia critics John McCain and Mitt Romney.

A recent poll by the U.S.-based International Republican Institute showed the MMA winning only 3 percent of the vote.

It also imposed sanctions on the heads of the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs and the International Republican Institute.

Among those accused is Sam LaHood, Egypt director of the International Republican Institute and the son of the U.S. transportation secretary.

Green, a former U.S. ambassador to Tanzania and currently the president of the International Republican Institute, must be confirmed by the Senate.

It also says that Kilimnik worked for 10 years in the Moscow office of the International Republican Institute, a U.S. government-funded nonprofit.

The International Republican Institute announced that its Egypt director, Sam LaHood, was stopped right before boarding his flight to Dubai on Saturday.

A pre-election poll commissioned by the U.S.-funded International Republican Institute showed 53% believed the country was headed in the wrong direction.

A recent survey by U.S.-based International Republican Institute said only 5 percent of people saw Elahi as the best person to handle Pakistan's problems.

An International Republican Institute (IRI) survey found 57 percent of Mongolians believed parliament was ineffective and 67 percent disapproved of Prime Minister Chimed Saikhanbileg.