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Russia throws human rights accusations back at U.S. with Ferguson unrest

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Well I see the US deployed its internal army the National Guard . Given the US support for Ukrainian events I'm surprised the US government didn't let the demonstrators to barricade off Time Square for months. After all they thought it was peachy keen when demonstrators blocked off a square in Kyiv for months.

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“focus on large-scale domestic problems with safeguarding human rights”

The human rights abused were the shop owners, car owners, innocent townspeople and taxpayers. They lost for no reason. Wilson had justification, the rioters have none.

I blame US mass media distorting the truth from day one. And helping these riots to thrive with what some think is a purpose.

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Takes a low class country like Russia not to recognize the difference between a country where people can protest heavily and it is covered on TV and a country where protesters are shuttled off in police vans for having shown their faces.

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not to recognize the difference between a country where people can protest heavily

Its narrow minded points of view like these which cause problems.

US and EU considered those who toppled a democratically elected Ukraine government as legitimate protestors but those who are now protesting against the current Ukraine government as terrorists.

If the US and EU had stayed out of it, thousands would not have died and Crimea would still have been a part of Ukraine.

Russia did not miss the chance to give one back to them.

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the United States should “focus on large-scale domestic problems with safeguarding human rights” rather than preach to others.

By the way - exellent advice - be engaged exclusively with own affairs it's always a good decision

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a low class country like Russia I love Russia and disagree it is a low class country. Compare with what and which parameters to apply? In fact Russia is one of a very few countries enjoying the luxury of implementing its own domestic and foregin policy without necessity of "consultations" with US/EU.

where people can protest heavily Human rights accusation of Russia, China or other countries by US is nothing else but double standards applied in favor political benefits. US should put its own house in order first.

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Such a massive explosion of public indignation and the disproportionate reaction of law enforcement bodies confirm again that this is no isolated incident but a systemic flaw in American democracy

USA pretend to be world leader (democratic one)

So today whole world attentively looking at USA

In such dubious situation it's much more better to be no name autocracy in Central Africa

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If we were Russia we'd be blaming the riots on foreign instigators, then passing laws to take an 80% ownership stake in CNN to safeguard ourselves.

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America still has a long ways to go, but at least it's dealing with its issues.

Other countries have longer ways to go, but what's worse is they're not dealing with them, hiding them instead of discussing them out in the open.

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The differences between Russia and the USA are: 1. The USA president cannot order the arrest of a citizen, and 2, the USA police cannot willfully beat protesters with batons. Human rights in Russia, Syria, and many other countries is an oxymoron. 200 hooligans who love to physically fight the police or anyone else out of 385 million peaceful people got the media's attention. The rest of the people just tried to go to work and pay their bills. Unfortunately the rioters took their minimum wage jobs away when they burned the businesses. It is the season to be thankful, and thank goodness most of the writers live in countries like Japan and the USA. FREE.

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The differences between Russia and the USA are: 1. The USA president cannot order the arrest of a citizen,

Surprise : US president TODAY according to Patriotic Act and other new laws can arrest or kill ANY US citizen which pose a threat to National Security

New times my friend ..

and 2, the USA police cannot willfully beat protesters with batons.

You can use youtube anytime to find evidence - it's not a problem

Human%2

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Was it Stalin's granddaughter who came to the US and declared that Russia and the USA were like two peas in a pod, many more similarities than differences?

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SuperLib has it right. Russia happily censors the internet, censors the TV, and censors who can appear in a public place and protest. The false equivalencies here should fool no one: Russia is 148th in the world in press freedom.

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