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USA unwilling to discuss its own opposition

Thursday, November 3, 2011

 USA unwilling to discuss its own opposition

Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that the West, questioning the policy of the Russian authorities against the opposition, does not want to discuss its own problems.
 The Russian Foreign Minister commented on the events surrounding the campaign "Occupy Wall Street" at a press conference in Moscow. According to Sergei Lavrov, "looking at the way the protesters of "Occupy Wall Street" are treated, we have quite a vivid illustration of the fact that a number of our colleagues and partners from western countries are practicing double standards."



As an illustration, let us recall the reaction of the American officials at the detention of Boris Nemtsov on December 31 of last year. Then, the US State Department and National Security Council spoke up.
The campaign ""Occupy Wall Street" has started when on September 17 several hundred demonstrators attempted to occupy the building of the New York Stock Exchange. Then the protesters staged their tent encampment next to the building..... MORE

SourcePravda.ru

URL: http://english.pravda.ru/russia/politics/01-11-2011/119490-opposition-0/

1 comment

Jesusa Bernardo said...

tahimik na tahimik si kalbong agila at corporate media sa OWS na mga protests. akala ninyo hindi mababalik ang ala anti-Vietnam war protests no?

"In the past 6 weeks the campaigns similar to one in New York were held in dozens of American cities, but also in several European countries. The organizers of the protest in New York clearly did not expect such results.

"To a large extent the protest was unexpected for both the authorities and the press. Many major U.S. television networks and print media for several days simply did not know how to react to the campaign, preferring to ignore it."

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