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Putin questions U.S. prosecution of Capitol rioters, saying mob carried only ‘political requests’
Washington Post ^ | 06/04/21 | Isabelle Khurshudyan

Posted on 06/05/2021 12:45:43 AM PDT by Robwin

ST. PETERSBURG —Less than two weeks from a first face-to-face with President Biden in Geneva, Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday criticized the U.S. prosecution of rioters who took part in the January attack on the Capitol, calling it an example of American "double standards."

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That differed from Biden’s preview of the summit last week, when he said he would press Putin on human rights abuses such as Russia’s treatment of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny. In response, the Kremlin has attempted to draw an equivalency to the U.S. treatment of the Capitol rioters. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov called it a “persecution” earlier this week.

“These are not looters or thieves, these people came with political requests,” Putin said of the pro-Trump mobs that stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6.

(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...


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To: Robwin

It’s really sad when the Russian president sees things more clearly than our own (*).


21 posted on 06/05/2021 6:02:20 AM PDT by libertylover (Our biggest problem by far: most of the news media is agenda driven, not truth driven.)
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To: central_va; Lazamataz

It almost sounds classy if you say it in French.

Feuteur!

Excuse my French by the way.


22 posted on 06/05/2021 8:12:07 AM PDT by seowulf (Civilization begins with order, grows with liberty, and dies with chaos...Will Durant)
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To: Robwin

Again, thank you, President Putin!


23 posted on 06/05/2021 9:52:48 AM PDT by Kazan
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To: Hoosier-Daddy
Excellent reminder...

Unfortunately, in this country such wisdom falls on deaf ears...
These days, Americans have only one guiding philosophy:
Bow down!... Obey!... Snitch!...

24 posted on 06/05/2021 12:06:19 PM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is another Sam Adams now that we desperately need him?)
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To: central_va

“ублюдок”


25 posted on 06/05/2021 2:42:26 PM PDT by Right Brigade
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