A series of crackdowns aimed at anti-lockdown demonstrators in the US and EU show that the West applies a double standard to protests happening at home, while supporting unrest in Russia, one of Moscow’s top diplomats has said.
Maria Zakharova, the spokeswoman for Moscow’s Foreign Ministry, issued a statement on Tuesday arguing that Lithuania’s support for unauthorized rallies in Russia earlier this year was sharply contrasted by the government’s own domestic policies. “In January, Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda said that the situation in Russia, with the violent suppression of protests, is reminiscent of the Soviet era under Joseph Stalin,” Zakharova quoted.
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