“The resolution condemning the so-called” human rights violations in Russia “with a call for new sanctions, which was introduced to the US Congress, is another attempt at political blackmail by the American Russophobia and has nothing to do with the true situation in Russia,” said the member State Duma Committee on Foreign Affairs Sergey Zheleznyak.
He emphasized: “In the USA, they begin to“ fight ”for human rights in other countries when it is necessary to distract the population from problems within the country, especially before the elections. The next stage of the rushagate is an excellent occasion to shift the attention of the internal audience to an external factor. ”
According to the politician: “Congressmen who intend to make absurd and unreasonable claims against our country did not think of asking, for example, a Washington-controlled Kiev – where are the results of the investigation into the murders during the coup on the Maidan and the burning of people in the Odessa House of Trade Unions, why they continue provocations against civilians of Donbass, who turn a blind eye to the Nazis walking on the streets of Ukrainian cities, why the criminals who organized the energy new and food blockade of the inhabitants of Crimea ?!
Western Russophobes prefer to turn a blind eye to all the crimes of the regimes that they themselves sponsor. At the same time, the exclamations of pseudo human rights defenders from across the ocean are heard more strongly at times when unity and unity are required from society. An attempt to rock Russian society from the outside right now, when our country is focused on combating the pandemic and is taking all necessary measures to contain the epidemic as much as possible, looks like a planned political provocation on the part of the United States. Washington is obviously annoying that our country, despite the sanctions and the pandemic, continues to support the economy, fulfill social obligations and support other countries. ”