Zakharova: US Is Not Democracy's Beacon But Its Anchor

According to Maria Zakharova, by violating the rights of its own citizens the United States has lost the moral right to lecture other countries on the observance of civil freedoms.

The Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman thinks the new US administration should first and foremost turn an attentive ear to its own citizens and not conduct a witch-hunt at home.

She stressed that the United States had embarked on persecuting politicians over unfounded allegations of Russian ‘intervention’ in the US elections and also branded participants in the so-called storming of the Capitol on January 6 as ‘domestic terrorists’.