Moscow, Sept. 4 -- Russia has strongly rejected claims that it attempted to jam the GPS system of a plane carrying European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.

At a press briefing on Thursday, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova called the allegations "preposterous" and "100% false," RT reported.

Zakharova said Moscow will continue to combat "the West's web of lies" aimed at discrediting Russia on the world stage, suggesting the claims were intended to distract the public from "actual events," including problems in the EU's economy and the recent summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in Tianjin, China, which concluded on Monday.

"It is not just paranoia, but a cynical plot to distract their own populat...