Джон Маккейн поддержал свободную Россию

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This weekend, brave Russian champions of democracy and human rights took to the streets in cities across the country to exercise their freedom of public assembly under the Russian constitution. Sadly, these Russian patriots were met with a coordinated campaign of brutality and oppression from Russian authorities. Initial reports suggest that many of these peaceful demonstrators were beaten bloody and dragged away by the police.

The freedom of speech and peaceful association are fundamental human rights, owed to all people everywhere. The exercise of these basic rights should not be a crime in any country. It is tragic that the criminalization of political discourse, and the enforcement of it through violence, continues today in modern Russia. The brutal crackdown this weekend makes clear that there has been no ‘reset’ of how the Russian government treats its own most loyal champions of human rights.

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