After the United States supported Russian President Vladimir Putin’s protests for the release of static Alexey Navalni, which spread across Russia, Russian authorities immediately protested “interference in internal affairs.”
According to the US political media The Hill, in the US, following the State Department and the embassy, one after another in the political sphere openly supported the protests in Russia.
In a statement released on the 23rd, the US State Department said, “The United States strongly criticizes the use of harsh measures against protesters and journalists in cities across Russia this weekend.”
The US State Department added that the Russian authorities’ suppression of Navalni’s arrest and peaceful protests were “a sign of further limiting civil society and freedom,” and “we will work with allies and partners to protect human rights.”
The US embassy in Moscow has also added pressure to Russia.
“We are watching reports of protests in 38 cities in Russia and the arrests of participants and journalists in peaceful protests,” said a spokesman for Rebecca Ross on a Twitter account the same day. “The United States is committed to peaceful protests and freedom of expression. I support the rights of people.”
In politics, Republican secretaries to the House Foreign Relations Committee, Michael McCall, and Republican Senator Ben Sass, expressed similar positions.
The Russian side immediately protested.
President Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov in a statement today argued that the comments by US officials were interfering in the internal affairs of Russia and encouraging Russian lawlessness.
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