State Duma deputy, member of the international affairs committee Elena Panina, commenting on the State Department’s reaction to the events in Myanmar, noted that the United States “has no moral right to teach other countries and dictate to them how to behave.”
The Myanmar military staged a coup and arrested the civilian leadership, including the state adviser (analogous to the prime minister), Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi. US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken called on the Myanmar military to release the country’s civilian leadership.
“After the circumstances that accompanied the transfer of power from Trump to Biden, the United States has no moral right to teach other countries, dictate to them how to behave,” Panina told RIA Novosti on Monday.
According to the deputy, “psychologically” the position of the State Department is understandable, since “the ousted leaders, and above all Aung San Suu Kyi, have enjoyed the support of the West for many years.”
“At the same time, a little over a year ago, the United States welcomed the removal from power of Evo Morales in Bolivia, who was overthrown in a very similar situation, accusing him of falsifying the voting results,” she said. Panina added that the United States “always pretends that military coups are bad, and” color revolutions “are good, unless, of course, it happens in their own country.”
“But from a legal point of view, there is not much difference,” the parliamentarian said.