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The Russian Foreign Ministry commented on the US embassy in Moscow announcing the US support for the protests in Russia, today, Saturday.
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In a statement published on its Facebook page, the ministry stated that the American mission did not write a single line in response to the January 6 protests in Washington and the storming of the Capitol building, and “did not condemn the killing of 5 people and the arrest of more than 100 others.” But two days after that, the American ambassador described John Sullivan what happened with “violent and criminal assault.”
And the ministry continued, saying: “The whole world saw how your government transformed the peaceful protest into Islam when the / American / police started shooting at the demonstrators (and when you see, you will be held accountable for repeated attacks by the American police on Russian journalists who were covering the protests in the United States during the year 2020.” ?), And from there the US government described the actions of the peaceful American protesters as an assault on democracy?
The embassy concluded by saying that “hypocrisy is a tool of American diplomacy that has become more dangerous in the circumstances of the Corona epidemic. Take care of your affairs and stop interfering in the affairs of other countries.”
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For her part, the spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, confirmed her ministry’s intention to hold American diplomats accountable for the US embassy in Moscow, on Friday, to publish “protest tracks” in a number of Russian cities, in addition to providing information about a “march to the Kremlin.”
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“Was this a general directive or specific instructions? They are plans that were ignorant of even the organizers themselves,” Zakharova told the Russian “TASS” agency, referring to the organizers of the protests (supporters of activist Alexei Navalny), which were witnessed in Moscow, St. Petersburg and other Russian cities today. Saturday.
“We can imagine what the response would have been if the Russian embassy in Washington published a map of the protests’ paths with the Capitol building being mentioned as the last destination for the marches. Mapping of this kind would have ended in massive hysteria of US politicians, with anti-Russian slogans and threats to impose sanctions and expel Russian diplomats. ” “. In this regard, Zakharova stressed that “American colleagues” will have to provide clarifications on this issue at the Russian Foreign Ministry.
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Source: Russian agencies
