Posted on 11/25/2014 3:09:24 PM PST by ilovesarah2012
MOSCOW (CBS St. Louis/AP) — The violent protests in Ferguson, Missouri, reflect simmering U.S. tensions over racial discrimination that could undermine the country’s stability, a senior Russian diplomat said Tuesday.
The comments by the Russian Foreign Ministry’s human rights envoy, Konstantin Dolgov, were among the sharpest from a foreign official as images of violent protests in Ferguson topped newscasts around the world. The protests came after a grand jury’s decision not to indict a white police officer in the killing of an unarmed black man, 18-year-old Michael Brown. “The developments in Ferguson and other cities highlight serious challenges to the American society and its stability,” Dolgov said in remarks broadcast by Russian state television.
More than 80 people were arrested in Ferguson and St. Louis following Monday night’s violent protests. Moscow appeared to relish turning the tables on the U.S. after repeated U.S. criticism of Russia’s rights record and its policies toward Ukraine. Relations between the two nations are at their lowest point since the Cold War due to the crisis in Ukraine.
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So how long will Russia start accusing the CIA of planting potato beetles to destroy Russian crops. That was the old stand-by propaganda bit they used to use.
It’s so rich that Russian’s think they can lecture us about the treatment of minorities, when in fact they’ve been known to decimate their minorities.
Didn’t Krushchev tag along with Kennedy for a race riot in 60’s and say “well back home we have gypsies, and over here you have them”?
Maybe but it find the riots a huge embarrassment for America on the world stage.
More like he’s trying to signal to the world to step up the pressure on the USA, as well as to the fifth columnists here.
Thanks, Russia.
How about we trade you Ferguson for east Ukraine?
But you knew that.
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