Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov attends a meeting with Libyan Prime Minister Fayez Seraj in Moscow, Russia, March 2, 2017. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday a U.S. political scandal over contacts between the Russian ambassador and members of U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration looked like “a witch hunt”, the RIA news agency reported.