Briefing by Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, Moscow, February 4, 2021
We are deeply concerned about the ongoing persecution campaign against participants in the so-called storming of the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, and against anybody at all who does not agree with the results of the latest presidential election. US officials and an obedient media have labelled them “domestic terrorists.” By the way, did the ambassadors of EU countries or EU representatives in the US react in any way? Did they express concern about Washington’s rhetoric regarding its own citizens? No? Too bad.
The FBI has reportedly opened more than 400 criminal cases and applied for more than 500 search warrants and subpoenas for suspects; it has also brought charges against and detained around 200 people. Only several dozen defendants have been released on bail or placed under house arrest. The others are being subjected to harsh pressure, with members of their family and social circle being coerced into giving a “convenient” testimony. Moreover, people who have not even been officially charged are losing their jobs; they are being banned from social media and publicly ostracised.
Among other things, there is a question about the objectivity of the law enforcement agencies because they are essentially acting under orders and in line with the narrative of the current administration who declared the events of January 6, 2021 a riot and everybody who was near the US Congress on that day all but plunderers. Whereas in fact, the majority of those people were ordinary citizens concerned about the situation in their own country. These were 74 million voters who voted for their president and defended their views. I am using the same words that Washington has used with respect to our country.
Their protest will not just go away. You cannot just sweep discontent under the rug. Even the rhetoric that the United States allows itself to use with respect to Russia will not help distract public attention from the country’s own problems. They will have to be dealt with. US citizens deserve to be treated according to the law and in line with Washington’s international obligations. In this context, we have every reason to express concern and demand that basic human rights be observed. US officials are constantly and hypocritically taking care of these rights when it comes to other countries; and yet, they have no scruples in ignoring them at home. Why don’t you deal with your own problems? There are plenty of them and they need to be solved.
We intend to continue monitoring this issue and have a serious talk with Washington.
Did this woman think, for a moment, that maybe a few people in Russia did something wrong? Yelling at US agents is stupid. Check it out yourself.
When a government and it’s agencies act like domestic enemies people tend to let them know they shouldn’t. There are numerous news items of people fighting back throughout the years.
Wow!! Love this!
Biden and Dems getting spanked by Russia.
*Their protest will not just go away. You cannot just sweep discontent under the rug. Even the rhetoric that the United States allows itself to use with respect to Russia will not help distract public attention from the country’s own problems.*
If you had not posted the source, I would has supposed it was written by a Conrad Black, or a VDH.
Beautiful bit of snark and payback for the Russia Russia Russia bullshit of the last 4 years.
Very well done. Calling out the “do as I say, not as I do” U.S. approach to human rights diplomacy, with a nice troll touch.
Reckon the Russian billioneress will still send Hunter Biden his annual 5 million dollars,
Or #467,721,893.49 rubble?
He needs to get back to work and find himself some little fresh Chinese billioneress nookie.
They’re holding up a mirror to Washington DC and turning their pompous pontificating back against them. I watch a TouTube channel called the Gaggle featuring politics from an International POV. As they have pointed out, the Russians aren’t the only ones mocking the Bidenites over their flouting of normal civil liberties. It’s not just that it exposes the hypocrisy; it gives other bad actors cover for their disregard for human rights.
The Russians, in my opinion, have always been salvageable. We had an opportunity and the globalist cabal (dems, rinos et al) were very determined to get in the way. There’s far more to this than meets the eye.
Putin is independent. That is the problem with Russia.
The Americans, in my opinion, have always been salvageable. FIFY. (Concur with expressed sentiment)
Russia is still a real country, unlike Canada and the rest of the west.
Xi got in some shots today too as Red China was criticizing Justin for his hypocritical, unfounded detention of Canadians returning from foreign trips via CP24 today.
The Russiams learned the hard way not to let foreign intelligence agents—in their case, the German spooks who groomed Lenin for power—pick their leaders.
Anglos bankrolled David Brownstein and gave him a pass on a steamer from Canada to lead the Glorious Red Revolution.
Rule, Britannia! Britannia, rule the waves!
Britons never, never, never shall be slaves.
When the -Russians- say you’re behaving badly, that’s probably time for some introspection. ~:D
Even more hilarious, all the Russian spokesbabe has to do is read off exactly what you’re doing to make you look bad. No padding or exaggeration needed.
one could insert canada into each sentence and it would read well
It would seem that the revolutionary beginnings of the USSR has been remembered, while the revolutionary beginnings of what would become the USA has been forgotten. The oligarchs that now rule the USA need a eight foot high wall topped with razor wire guarded by thousands of national guard personnel to ensure that they never actually interact with the citizenry. Nobody will address the murder of a young woman in the Capitol. The media is so feeble that news only reaches citizens from foreign sources.
Only a fool would call this democracy.
For news you can trust, free of globalist and Chinese interference, stick with RT and Israel Hayom.
Shocking how much real news there is out there.
Flash Back January 2018- CBC NEWS : Russian propaganda is broadcast into Canadian homes through mainstream cable packages. Wendy Mesley
Viewers should have right to choose their source of propaganda be it globalist vs nationalist.
Like the Berlin wall, I wonder whether the new Capitol fence is built to keep people out or in.
Da, da, Trolski. Is very good word.
Unfortunately I seriously doubt any serious conversation with Washington in this paranoid Lady MacBeth period, will be possible. Also, the President has dementia.
Excellent. The United States is underming the human rights of its citizens. They need to be called on it. At this point, Russia may be one of the few countries left strong enough to fight the globalists. They have also been hording gold and resisting the Rothschild banks.
Russia also has very little debt, so they cannot be controlled by central banks.
Cute, but ask yourself what would happen to anyone who visited the Kremlin with similar anger against the regime.
We should do better than to seek the moral leadership of Putin’s puppets in our anti-globalist campaign. They have very little to offer really.
Requesting a little clarity here Peter;
“Cute, but ask yourself what would happen to anyone who visited the Kremlin with similar anger against the regime.”
Are you referring to the show put on at the US Capitol on 6th January?
For who are you referring to,with similar anger against the regime?
Alex Navalny. What the Russian spokeswoman said is true, but Russia is also ruled by billionaire oligarchs and while I appreciate her sentiment, I wouldn’t want to live under the Russian regime either.
Navalny is a Soros asset.
Sandra, these days what difference does it make, whether it’s Russia, the US, or Canada. No I too, wouldn’t want to live in Russia, but living in the US or Canada, is getting worse by the day. Maybe I should consider Venezuela eh!
His name is Julian Assange.
He crime was to expose the crimes of the state
and the fraud within the DNC.
Stop, just stop. The subject of this Thread is not about embracing or condoning the Russian track record on Civil Liberties. Not only is that ridiculous, it is a distraction from the irony of the Russians calling out the USA. We all know that the Russian regime is one of the least committed to Human Rights and Civil Liberties; that’s the point. The exposure and broadcasting of Bidenite and judicial hypocrisy undermines the decades long effort to criticize and pressure the Russians. IOW, one of the most blatant abusers of civil liberties was provided the fodder to criticize the suppression of civil rights by the sneaky, hypocritical actions of the Bidenites.
That said, given the gist of Biden’s Town Hall speech, giving China a pass on its abuses, maybe the USA is no longer going to represent itself as the beacon for Human Rights.
Your unconscious bias is showing.
How dare you cloak the colonialism, the white supremacism along with all the inherent injustices and the institutionalized racism as manifested by the police killings of racialized and marginalized POC (ALL People of Colour) in a Red White and Blue flag of made in USA Civil Liberties!!
Granted, the Russian oligarchs aren’t as refined in maintaining the illusion.
PS I’m old enough to remember CIA trained death squads in El Salvador murdering some nuns. That was before they embraced the Marxists. But i was really never about Marxism as their luv for the CCP demonstrates. That luv affair preceded Trump.
I’ll finish her last sentence for her:
… because if you keep this up, in another twenty years of so you will be just as corrupt and evil as us.
Right? That’s what makes it awesome! ~:D