Russia Claims Germany is Covering-Up the Alleged Gang Rape of a Teenager

Russia has continued to claim that a 13-year-old Russian-speaking girl was kidnapped and raped in Berlin and the foreign minister is now accusing Germany of covering it all up.

"I hope these issues do not get swept under the rug, repeating the situation when a Russian girl's disappearance in Germany was hushed up for a long time for some reason," the minister, Sergey Lavrov said during a news conference in Moscow, reported by CNN. "It is clear that [she] did not exactly decide voluntarily to disappear for 30 hours. Truth and justice must prevail here."

The highly popular Russian station Channel One reported on the alleged rape. The story was also being circulated online repeatedly via social media, which sparked anger.

German officials have repeatedly stated that there is no evidence that a rape ever occurred. According to a spokesman with the German prosecutor's office, a girl was reported missing on Jan. 11. When the girl returned 30 hours later, she said that she was kidnapped and raped by a group of asylum seekers.

The girl underwent a medical exam that showed no evidence that a rape or sexual intercourse had occurred. The girl subsequently changed her story. The office added that it does not know what the girl was doing during her disappearance.

The officials suggested that the girl might have had sexual intercourse prior to the day of her disappearance. Since the age of consent is 14 in Germany, officials will be investigating two men for child abuse.

Despite the German reports, Russia has maintained its stance. Lavrov stated that Russian officials will be working with the girl's attorneys as well as the Russian Embassy in Germany to get to the bottom of the case.

"I truly hope that these migration problems will not lead to attempts to 'gloss over' reality for political motives -- that would be just wrong," Lavrov said about Germany. "Problems need to be laid out honestly and admitted to the voters, open and clear solutions need to be proposed."

Over the weekend, thousands of people protested in Germany, carrying signs that read, "Our children are in danger" and "Hands of my child."

The spokesman for the German foreign ministry accused Lavrov of trying to politicize the case.