Posted on 06/15/2021 6:49:08 AM PDT by lowbridge
Days ahead of his summit with President Biden in Geneva, Russian President Vladimir Putin said the United States was being hypocritical in its criticism of the way his country handles internal dissent.
During an interview with NBC News, Putin said Russia was no worse than the United States in this regard, and used the government's handling of the Jan. 6 Capitol riot as an example.
He even pointed to the arrests of hundreds of suspects in the U.S. Capitol riot and the death of one rioter as proof that the U.S. also targets its citizens for their political opinions, just as Russia is accused of stifling dissent. (The FBI has arrested people for the violence inflicted on the seat of government in Washington, rather than for their political opinions.)
"We have a saying: 'Don't be mad at the mirror if you are ugly,'" he said. "It has nothing to do with you personally. But if somebody blames us for something, what I say is, why don't you look at yourselves? You will see yourselves in the mirror, not us."
Putin showed flashes of defiance when he was asked whether it was a "coincidence" that several other political rivals had been assassinated in recent years.
"We don't have this kind of habit, of assassinating anybody," Putin said when he was asked whether he ordered Navalny killed. (NBC News)
He then countered by asking whether the U.S. was guilty of assassinating Ashli Babbitt during the Capitol riot.
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Ouch! That’ll leave a hand print on someone’s face. And, Vlad probably has the name of the shooter.
Oooopps!
Putin is smart.
Oh, my. Well, maybe now there will be some attention paid, at least.
Good for Putin.
Wonder what Trump’s response would have been? Wait, were Trump in office, we wouldn’t have this problem. Nevermind.
Why yes, yes she was assassinated AND there is ‘political persecution’ going on. Putin is no dummy - he’s going to eat Biden’s lunch ... or maybe that would be Illegitimate Joe’s bowl of oatmeal mush.
Says it all right there...
On what planet is that?
The FBI has regularly arrested, terrorized and locked up Trump supporters and conserrvaive solely because of their political opinions.
I’ll say it: I like Putin.
I don’t support all of his actions, but I respect him as a leader. Biden? Not so much.
“Oh, my. Well, maybe now there will be some attention paid, at least.”
I seriously doubt it.
Same here... glad Putin asked... if we ask FBI thugs start checking us out...
Biden thinks he’s going to put one over on Putin. LOL
The US authorities have bizarrely launched this “values” based foreign policy - their values not mine. Since their values are steeped in hypocrisy and generally run counter to human nature, the US is going to be b!tch slapped repeatedly by China, Russia and other opponents. It will be sport for them.
And a good strategist never asks a question he doesn’t already know the answer to.
Her husband appeared on Tucker Carlson’s show last evening. He doesn’t even know who the shooter was, but is trying to find out, and is speaking out. I’m sure he is in for a lot more grief. I really wish him well.
OMG!
Is Vladimir accusing someone of being a “killer?”
Who would’ve thought the USA would turn into the former USSR. And that the former USSR would now evolve into what the USA used to be.
Not sure why author felt the need to add this genuflection to "the narrative." The latest "guilty" plea was to a non-violent charge.
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