Nothing to hide: Top Russian lawmaker offers UN officials trip to Crimea amid US-backed human rights row

Accusations of human rights

Accusations of human rights violations on the Crimean Peninsula are an invention, according to a leading Russian politician, who has told United Nations representatives to visit the region and see for themselves.

After the UN adopted a resolution condemning alleged discrimination in Crimea, which was reabsorbed by Russia in 2014, Leonid Slutsky, the chairman of the Russian Parliament’s Committee on International Affairs, said the body was “biased.” According to him, the move was driven by “the collective West and its satellite states.”

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