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