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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Yes, yes she was assassinated.
You know things are bad when a Ruskie can turn the tables on the American Justice system, or lack thereof.
I would do the same for Reagan or Trump. As I think someone said the most important thing in a company is its CEO. Good ones are hard to replace.
Which helps explain why Biden won't have a joint press conference with him at the conclusion of their meeting.
Putin would roast him alive if it ever took place.
Is it trespassing if they were invited in?
Putin has been ruling Russia since 2000 and will die in office. That's your definition of Democratic?
Good post. And it doesn’t make you a Russian hater either.
“ He then countered by asking whether the U.S. was guilty of assassinating Ashli Babbitt during the Capitol riot.”
Yes.
It is.
The United States today is beyond redemption.
I misread this as "America is in Deep State" but realized I was not far off of your original meaning.
Incidentally, he was interrupted since 2000 by Demetry(?) for I think 4 years. The Russians figured they needed him and changed the law to allow it. Good move all around.
Much less than most any US Socialist Democrat Politician or Liberal Progressive Tech CEO, but he's not allergic to Rubles.
Vladamir Putin, saying what nobody in the chickensh!t GOP will say.
Sometimes I can become conflicted in my opinions of Putin.
He’s smart as a whip and he’s sly like the devil.
China is just blunt and offensive with their actions.
At this point I can’t think of a governments that I like or trust, not even ours.
and Congress too
Everyone likes the “strong horse” and hates the traitor.
LOL, sure, majority victories for Putin are easy if your opponents are in jail or dead.
Incidentally, he was interrupted since 2000 by Demetry(?) for I think 4 years.
Dmitry Medvedev was personally chosen by Putin to be his puppet for four years.
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