On May 23, 2006, Sergei Mironov, Chairman of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation, commented on the dispersal of a rally of deceived co-investors in Moscow. In his opinion, among those who were in the tent city, "there were the least deceived real estate investors . "
"There were other people who, under any circumstances, are looking for a reason to show oppression, persecution, violations of democracy. These are all elements of the technologies of the "orange" revolutions. It is unfortunate that the just demands of deceived people are used by some political forces of a very different spectrum, "said the speaker of the Council Federation.
On the same day, Anastasia Antonycheva, press secretary of the Organizing Committee of Deceived Co-Investors, stated that there were no "orange forces" behind the deceived co-investors.
"Mironov's statement is false. The dispersal of the demonstration was forceful. Women were beaten. We are not an opposition force, we support the president. No orange forces are behind our actions. ... If the women and children who voted for President Putin are called the "orange force "Then how then to call Mironov himself and those officials who are involved in the mass deception of people ?!" - said A. Antonycheva.
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